When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
WILLIAM JAMESWe must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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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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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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Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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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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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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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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You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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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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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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