It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
WILLIAM JAMESThe most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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The strenuous life tastes better
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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