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Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.

William James

No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
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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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
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Anything Dream Everything May
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
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
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 Fields Instant Time
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
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
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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Bystanders Eye Teaching

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