Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
WILLIAM JAMESThe question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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New habits can be launched.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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The strenuous life tastes better
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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