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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.

William James

The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Firsts Lecture Psychology
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
Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
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Alive Cost Wall
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
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Belief Desire Truth
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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Becoming Gone Instant
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
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
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Art Force Process
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste

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