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

William James

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
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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Agents Ordinance Uprising Wheels
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
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
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking

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