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Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
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Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.
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Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.
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There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.
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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.
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