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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.

William James

Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
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Men Mind Way
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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Choices Differences Men Savage
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Attend Moments Reality
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one
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Owing Truth Views
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Ideas Truth Verify

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