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

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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

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Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

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When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the 'as if' technique.

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Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

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