"We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude."
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"Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness."
"The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived."
"We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I."
"How good is life, the mere living!"
"Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best."
"Lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity."
"Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances."
"Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it."
"Cow protection to me is infinitely more than mere protection of the cow."
"Everything is mere opinion."
"... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection."
"Education has a larger function than the mere communication of knowledge."
"It is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part."
"We battle on in words, as always, mere words, and what's the cure? We cannot find a thing."