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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This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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