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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.

William James

We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
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
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.
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Flux Names Reflection
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive

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