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" To spend life for something which outlasts it. "
William James
Spend
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" The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. "
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" Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. "
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" Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. "
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" It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. "
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" An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible. "
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" The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. "
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" Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. "
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" The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. "
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" Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. "
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" There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. "
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