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

William James

The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Esteem Leadership Quality Self
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
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
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Free Will Psychological
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Mind Philosophy Quiet
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Cash Experience Stream
Just 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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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men

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