Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

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

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

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate someone else's type of thinking.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do just for practice.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

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