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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life

William James

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
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
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
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
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want

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