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Truth in our ideas means their power to work.


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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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Fact and fiction carry the same intrinsic weight in the marketplace of ideas. Unfortunately reality has no advertising budget.

Fact and fiction carry the same intrinsic weight in the marketplace of ideas. Unfortunately reality has no advertising budget.



Get in the habit of never putting the phone next to your brain or body unless it's a true emergency.

Get in the habit of never putting the phone next to your brain or body unless it's a true emergency.



I won't give up the diary again. I must hold on here, it is the only place I can.

I won't give up the diary again. I must hold on here, it is the only place I can.



Just 'cause you can't see me don't mean I gone away.

Just 'cause you can't see me don't mean I gone away.



A pessimist says all women are loose. An optimist does not, but he has hopes.

A pessimist says all women are loose. An optimist does not, but he has hopes.



I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.



The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.



God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities.

God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities.




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