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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
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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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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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If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.
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Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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