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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

William James

The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
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
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Facts Philosophy Way
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
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
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
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
No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

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