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The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.

William James

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

Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
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
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Culture Life Real
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Facts Insanity Vision
No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Book Cat Conservations Dog

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