Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.William James
Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for the better kind of man, a loss of appetite for mediocrities.
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The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing but fatal decrees.
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A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity.
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Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in it stains the ancient mass but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.
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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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