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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.

William James

Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
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
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational

Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.

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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.

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