If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a
negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a
negative thought.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
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The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad luck.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method
of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists
solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.