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We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.

William James

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 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
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
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
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Mean Men Solitude
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Philosophical Prayer Worry
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows

We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.

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