“I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.”

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”

“Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.”

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.”

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds.”

“A brick could have been used as a father figure in place of my dad when I was growing up, because a brick may be dumb, but at least it isn’t dumb and interfering in its absence. By not being a part of my life, my dad became a big part of my life, because my thoughts were influenced by his image and infused with fantasy as I attempted to alter the reality that he wanted little to do with me. And what else would you call not wanting to be a part of your son’s life but dumb? So this Father’s Day, I’m drinking to the dad I never had—a brick. 
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