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Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.

William James

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

Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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Heroism Reality Theatre
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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Mean Reality Truth
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
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
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
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
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Boiling Experience Over Way
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy

Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.

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