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Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.

William James

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Mountain Religious Twilight
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Evil Healthy Individual
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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Beast Kind Men
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Book Cat Conservations Dog
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 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
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School

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