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

William James

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 lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Facts Insanity Vision
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
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
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
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
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Attention Education Excellence
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Ethics Philosophical Quality

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