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

William James

The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Mind Philosophy Quiet
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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Heroism Reality Theatre
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Facts Insanity Vision
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
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
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
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Facts Models Role Virtue
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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Broken Concepts Reality
New habits can be launched.
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Habit New Launched
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs

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