If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

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It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.

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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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