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All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.

William James

To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
WILLIAM JAMES

Deny Neglect Wise
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
WILLIAM JAMES

Math Passion Union
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
WILLIAM JAMES

Hate Inspirational Life
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Esteem Failure Inspirational Self
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
WILLIAM JAMES

Example Human Nature Proud
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
WILLIAM JAMES

Dream Play Science
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Abnormal Philosophical Understanding
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspire Mean Truth
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
WILLIAM JAMES

Country Teacher Teaching

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