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That which is most personal, is most interesting.

William James

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
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
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
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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Combine Enough Fact Facts
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
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
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise

That which is most personal, is most interesting.

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