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We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.

William James

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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Alcohol Feel Feelings Good
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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Happiness Laughter Men
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain

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