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On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.

William James

Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
WILLIAM JAMES

Educational Inspirational Philosophy
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one
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Owing Truth Views
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Ethics Philosophical Quality
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
WILLIAM JAMES

Choices Differences Men Savage
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
WILLIAM JAMES

Happiness Music Philosophical

On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.

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