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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.

William James

Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one
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Owing Truth Views
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
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
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Objects Truth World
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
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Facts Models Role Virtue
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
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 sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Attend Moments Reality

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