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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind

William James

For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
WILLIAM JAMES

Political Volunteer War
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
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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Devil Feet Long
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
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
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
We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
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Islands Roots Sea Underground
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
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
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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Book Cat Conservations Dog
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 deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
WILLIAM JAMES

Art Force Process

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