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We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.

William James

All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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Destiny Military Spiritual
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
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
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 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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Art Men Philosophy
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs

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