It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
WILLIAM JAMESSuccess plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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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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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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The strenuous life tastes better
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Truth happens to an idea
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Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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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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There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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