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I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives

William James

The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
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
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Firsts Lecture Psychology
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
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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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics

I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives

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