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

William James

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth
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 strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
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
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
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Effort Exercise Life Love
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May

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