Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.
WILLIAM JAMESWith no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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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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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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