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The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.

William James

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Attitude Circumstances Mere
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
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
The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Free Will Psychological
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
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
Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Culture Life Real
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth

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