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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

William James

The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Evil Healthy Individual
Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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Names Process Truth
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
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
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
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 intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men

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