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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.

William James

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
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
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
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
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
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Alive Cost Wall
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 community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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Community Friendship Sympathy
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering

… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.

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