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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

William James

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Contradiction Happiness Natural
We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Data Powerful Science
Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.
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Flux Names Reflection
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
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self

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