It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

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If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

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There is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that is, to contradict other philosophers.

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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

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