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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.

William James

When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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Names Process Truth
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
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
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Culture Life Real
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
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
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical

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