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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.

William James

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
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Contradiction Happiness Natural
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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Agents Ordinance Uprising Wheels
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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Names Process Truth

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