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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.

William James

Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Determine Feelings May
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
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
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Ideas Truth Verify

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