A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
WILLIAM JAMESThe ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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