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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

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Ethics Philosophical Quality
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
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
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Mind Philosophy Quiet
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
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
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want

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