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The education of attention would be an education par excellence

William James

Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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Becoming Gone Instant
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
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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Beast Kind Men
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Firsts Lecture Psychology
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
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Attitude Procrastination Tasks
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
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
Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
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Boiling Experience Over Way

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