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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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An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

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Thoughts are funny little things,
They can make paupers or make kings.

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The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow. And since the only real freedom a person has is the choice of what thoughts he will feed to his Inner-Consciousness he is totally responsible for the outcomes he gets.

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Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.

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All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

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Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.

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A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.

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The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking.

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God is a thing that thinks.

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