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A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock

William James

History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Philosophical Prayer Worry
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering

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