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But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.

William James

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
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
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
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 great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Attitude Circumstances Mere
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality

But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.

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