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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
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Attitude Procrastination Tasks
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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Combine Enough Fact Facts
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
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
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Abnormal Philosophical Understanding
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
WILLIAM JAMES

Civilization Class Fear

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