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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.

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 the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one
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Owing Truth Views
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
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Men Mind Way
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Block Data Mind

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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