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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.

William James

So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
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 deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
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
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense

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