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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.

William James

The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
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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Block Data Mind
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
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
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
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
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
New habits can be launched.
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Habit New Launched
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Esteem Leadership Quality Self
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter

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