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That which is most personal, is most interesting.

William James

The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Mind Philosophy Quiet
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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Community Friendship Sympathy
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
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
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Mean Men Solitude
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
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
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual

That which is most personal, is most interesting.

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