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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.

William James

The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Discovery Important Positive
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality
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
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
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
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government 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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God Principles Theism
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
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge

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