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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.

William James

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Philosophical Prayer Worry
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
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Facts Philosophy Way
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
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
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
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
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making

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