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

William James

Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
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
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
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
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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Mind Moving Subconscious World
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind

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