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The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.

William James

Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
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
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test
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
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
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Attitude Circumstances Mere
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Free Will Psychological
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
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
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits

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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