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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.

William James

Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
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
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 power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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Mind Moving Subconscious World
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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Mean Reality Truth
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
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
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression

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