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

William James

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
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
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Facts Models Role Virtue
New habits can be launched.
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Habit New Launched
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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Country Teacher Teaching
All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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Destiny Military Spiritual
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
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
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science

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

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