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True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot

William James

A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
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Islands Roots Sea Underground
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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Becoming Gone Instant
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Book Cat Conservations Dog
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No

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