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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more
Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.
Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.
