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The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.

William James

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Ethics Philosophical Quality
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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Basketball Dream Perseverance
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
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
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
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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Becoming Gone Instant
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Abnormal Philosophical Understanding
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
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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Happiness Laughter Men
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
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings

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