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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.

William James

Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Culture Life Real
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Attend Moments Reality
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Art Force Process
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical

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