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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

William James

Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
WILLIAM JAMES

Educational Inspirational Philosophy
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
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Abnormal Philosophical Understanding
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
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

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