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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.

William James

Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
New habits can be launched.
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Habit New Launched
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Change Dream Inspirational
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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Community Friendship Sympathy
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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Determine Feelings May
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
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky

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