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The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.

William James

Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
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
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
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
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
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 great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Free Will Psychological
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

The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.

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