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William James

There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
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
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking
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
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Discovery Important Positive
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Mean Men Solitude
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
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical

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