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 JAMESJust for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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