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“Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.”
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“Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.”
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“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.”
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“Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.”
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“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.”
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“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.”
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“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”
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“The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.”
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“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision”
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“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power”
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“Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact”
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