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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

William James

Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
WILLIAM JAMES

Facts Models Role Virtue
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Contradiction Happiness Natural
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Cash Experience Stream
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
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
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
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
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Men Mind Way

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