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Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.

William James

Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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Mean Reality Truth
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Art Force Process
The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Free Will Psychological
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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Happiness Laughter Men

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