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We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.

William James

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Attitude Circumstances Mere
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Block Data Mind
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion

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