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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

William James

It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
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
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test
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
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Attitude Circumstances Mere
The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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All Fields Instant Time
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Art Force Process
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Mountain Religious Twilight

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

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