... my whole existence is ...

... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
 Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

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Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
The by-product is that they more people you help, the "richer" you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.
 T. Harv Eker
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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... [the] special relation of women to children, in which the heart of the world has always felt there was something sacred, serves to impress upon women certain tendencies, to endow them with certain virtueswhich will render them of special value in public affairs.
 Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
... men, accustomed to think of men as possessing sex attributes and other things besides, are accustomed to think of women as having sex, and nothing else.
 Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
To-day women constitute the only class of sane people excluded from the franchise.
 Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi