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True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot

William James

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Esteem Failure Inspirational Self
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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Names Process Truth
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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Math Passion Union
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
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World

True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot

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