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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
To change one’s life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The highest form of theory is the ability to simplify complex things into simple and clear principles.
Our ability to perceive changes in things is because monads maintain a stable internal essence amid infinite changes.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when things hit， and not when they miss， and commit to memory the one， and pass over the other.
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark； and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales， so is the other.
The human understanding， when it has once adopted an opinion， draws all things else to support and agree with it.
The more we understand individual things， the more we understand God.
The highest endeavor of the mind， and the highest virtue， is to understand things by intuition.
Insofar as a thing is in harmony with our nature， it is necessarily good.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
All that is in motion must be at peace； it is not what is at rest that should be considered peaceful.
We ought not to act and speak as if we were asleep.
A mind conscious of its purity is attached to nothing， neither to the body nor to the soul.