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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.

William James

To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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Community Friendship Sympathy
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
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
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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Mean Reality Truth
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
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
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success

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