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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.

William James

We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
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
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Mean Men Solitude
Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one
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Owing Truth Views
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Mountain Religious Twilight
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No

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