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

William James

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
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
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
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
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
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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Change Life Positive
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking

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