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For the moment, what we attend to is reality.

William James

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
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
Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Character Circumstances Enough Repeated
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
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Contradiction Happiness Natural
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
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Islands Roots Sea Underground
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth

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