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Habit is the great flywheel of society.


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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.



A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.



The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.



Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.



Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.



The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.



If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.



Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.



You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.



Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.





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feelings existed in only one form: magnified.

feelings existed in only one form: magnified.



A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.



To bracket form and finality out of one's investigations as far as reason allows is a matter of method, but to deny their reality altogether is a matter of metaphysics.

To bracket form and finality out of one's investigations as far as reason allows is a matter of method, but to deny their reality altogether is a matter of metaphysics.



Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.



Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it's still snowing.

Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it's still snowing.



John? As it was dark he whistled a what. You are such a male of worth, you know that. You really are.

John? As it was dark he whistled a what. You are such a male of worth, you know that. You really are.



I don't ever want to have to need someone again - where you feel like, without them, you can't be yourself.

I don't ever want to have to need someone again - where you feel like, without them, you can't be yourself.



No man's hand has ever yet reached up to take as much as the Pierced Hand is reaching down to give.

No man's hand has ever yet reached up to take as much as the Pierced Hand is reaching down to give.



God has chosen us to help one another.

God has chosen us to help one another.




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