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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth

William James

The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Firsts Lecture Psychology
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
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Effort Exercise Life Love
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Discovery Important Positive
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
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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Community Friendship Sympathy
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Philosophical Prayer Worry

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