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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. ↗

— William James

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In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. ↗

— William James

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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. ↗

— William James

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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ↗

— William James

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Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. ↗

— William James

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Hard times always lead to something great. ↗

— Betsey Johnson

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One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. ↗

— William James

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The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. ↗

— William James

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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. ↗

— William James

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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. ↗

— St. Jerome

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