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True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.

William James

With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
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
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
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
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Philosophical Prayer Worry
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
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
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
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

True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.

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