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The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.

William James

In business for yourself, not by yourself.
WILLIAM JAMES

Business Inspirational Philosophical
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
WILLIAM JAMES

Blessed Deception Giving Up
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspirational Motivational Relationship
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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Heroism Reality Theatre
Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
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Men Mind Way
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
WILLIAM JAMES

Culture Life Real
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
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
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
WILLIAM JAMES

Philosophical Prayer Worry
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
WILLIAM JAMES

Anticipation Brave Use

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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