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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

William James

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
WILLIAM JAMES

Art Life Positive
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
WILLIAM JAMES

Educational Philosophy School
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
WILLIAM JAMES

Mind Philosophy Quiet
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Evil Healthy Individual
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
WILLIAM JAMES

Attitude Procrastination Tasks
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
WILLIAM JAMES

Children Effortless Reading Sky
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
WILLIAM JAMES

Life Stay Strong Ties
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
WILLIAM JAMES

Common Dance Humor Sense

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