Thoughts to Build On

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Introduction

THOUGHTS ... The Building Blocks


of Life


This is a book of THOUGHTS TO BUILD ON.
Why?
Because with our THOUGHTS we build our
personalities, our characters, our lives.


Our THOUGHTS determine what we are and
what we will be throughout the future. AU great religions,
all great philosophies, aU great thinkers, all great achievers,
affirm that we actually are the materialization of our
THOUGHTS.


The Bible says, "As a man THINKETH, so is
h e. "


Buddha taught, "All (yes, all) that we are is
the result of what we have THOUGHT."
Wrote the great emperor and philosopher of
ancient Rome, Marcus Aurelius, "Our LIFE is what our
THOUGHTS make it."
Eighteen centuries later, the eminent psycholo-
gist-philosopher William James, reaffirmed, "Belief (confi-
dent THOUGHT) creates the actual fact."


The American educator, Amos Bronson Alcott,
taught, "THOUGHT means LIFE, since those who do not

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