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If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

William James

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Mean Men Solitude
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Attend Moments Reality
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
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
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
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
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men

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