"A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him."

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"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."

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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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"The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds."

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"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

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"If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door."

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"How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure."

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"Impulse without reason is not enough and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift."

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