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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

William James

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
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
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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Devil Feet Long
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Cash Experience Stream
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Evil Healthy Individual
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
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Effort Exercise Life Love

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