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That which is most personal, is most interesting.

William James

Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
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Attitude Procrastination Tasks
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
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
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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Math Passion Union
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
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits

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