Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more
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The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.
The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.
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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
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Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you cannot live it until it does appear.
Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.
Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.
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The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.
The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.
