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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides

William James

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
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Block Data Mind
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
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Book Cat Conservations Dog
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise

To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides

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