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Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. - William James

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James

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Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. – William James

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself? – Francois Rabelais

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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. – Edmund Burke

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Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? – Khalil Gibran

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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. – Booker T. Washington

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