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The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.

William James

There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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Men Philosophy Social
All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Contradiction Happiness Natural
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
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
But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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Combine Enough Fact Facts
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
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
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
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression

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