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Quotes by James Truslow Adams

  • Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.
  • Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.
  • The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
  • There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
  • The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
  • Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact.