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We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.

William James

Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Data Powerful Science
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth

We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.

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