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The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.

William James

On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
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
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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Agents Ordinance Uprising Wheels
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
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
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical

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