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Our beliefs are really rules for action.

William James

Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
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
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
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
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
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
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Mountain Religious Twilight

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