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As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.

William James

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
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Facts Philosophy Way
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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Men Philosophy Social
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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All Fields Instant Time
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
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
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Esteem Failure Inspirational Self
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean

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