There is no doubt that healthy-mindedness is inadequate as a philosophical doctrine, because the evil facts which it positively refuses to account for are a genuine portion of reality; and they may after all be the best key to life's significance, and possibly the only openers of our eyes to the deepest levels of truth. William James
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In a world that is filled with chaos and contradictions, healthy-mindedness is a philosophy that can give you a sense of purpose. It tells you to take the good with the bad, but to also expect the bad to come your way. In other words, healthy-mindedness can make you stronger, not because it’s “good” but because it’s “bad”.

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