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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.

William James

To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
WILLIAM JAMES

Blessed Deception Giving Up
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
WILLIAM JAMES

Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspire Mean Truth
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
WILLIAM JAMES

Leadership Motivation Philosophical
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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All Fields Instant Time
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
WILLIAM JAMES

Good Hell Intention Intentions
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Block Data Mind
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
WILLIAM JAMES

Fear Happiness Stress
The education of attention would be an education par excellence
WILLIAM JAMES

Attention Education Excellence

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