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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.

William James

The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
WILLIAM JAMES

Art Men Philosophy
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
WILLIAM JAMES

Differences Making Somewhere
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
WILLIAM JAMES

Men Philosophical Philosophy
True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Ideas Truth Verify
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
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
WILLIAM JAMES

All Fields Instant Time
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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Alcohol Feel Feelings Good
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Determine Feelings May
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
WILLIAM JAMES

Attitude Circumstances Mere
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
WILLIAM JAMES

Energy Mean Pain

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