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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth

William James

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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Math Passion Union
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
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
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega

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