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In business for yourself, not by yourself.

William James

There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
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
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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Agents Ordinance Uprising Wheels
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
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.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success

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