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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.

William James

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
WILLIAM JAMES

Devil Feet Long
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
WILLIAM JAMES

Art Life Positive
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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Math Passion Union
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
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Cash Experience Stream
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Change Dream Inspirational
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
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 all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
WILLIAM JAMES

Anticipation Brave Use
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
WILLIAM JAMES

Fear Happiness Stress

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