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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

William James

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
WILLIAM JAMES

Educational Philosophy School
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
WILLIAM JAMES

Finals Lasts Men
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Change Dream Inspirational
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Art Force Process
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
WILLIAM JAMES

Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
WILLIAM JAMES

Philosophical Prayer Worry
The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
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
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
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
WILLIAM JAMES

Details Generalization Knowledge
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
WILLIAM JAMES

Cash Experience Stream

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