The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
WILLIAM JAMESNo bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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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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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Truth happens to an idea
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No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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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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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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