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Are You Fenced In By Fear?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Most of our ideas come from someone else. They are passed on to us, often half ideas. We carry a great burden of foolish and curious conceptions of what is of worth, moral, right, lasting, that does not stand scientific … Continue reading →

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Creative Energies Will Multiply the Good

Posted on January 8, 2009 by
Creative energies will multiply the good

It is more necessary today than ever to look for the good. There is a great deal of superficiality, triviality, to say noth­ing of evil, in modern life. When the attention is concen­trated upon the continual discovery or development of good, its creative energies will multiply the good.

There is a better side, a superior side, a beautiful side to everyone and everything. By learning to look for the better and higher qualities in persons and things we ally ourselves with these and not only produce better ideas and more constructive ones, but improve ourselves at the same time by more de­sirable and up building attitudes. Continue reading →

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

Posted on January 4, 2009 by

Unfortunately we are not always so successful when we have to produce an idea out of nothing. It is the people with ideas who win most of the desirable places in the world. The person who can create something new and different is wanted—and rarely by the police! He is in demand for his ability to develop ideas. Those who achieve conspicuous success in business and advertis ing, in radio, drama, literature, journalism, in politics, so ciety, and indeed all the professions and walks of life can attribute the large portion of their success to their capacity for getting and using their ideas. Continue reading →

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