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William James

Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.
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Law Science Together
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
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Facts Philosophy Way
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
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Ideas Truth Verify
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance

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