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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. ↗

— William James

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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ↗

— William James

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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889. ↗

— Calamity Jane

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The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them. ↗

— William James

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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. ↗

— William James

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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. ↗

— William James

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Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never. ↗

— Anna Jameson

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Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. ↗

— Anna Jameson

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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Anna Jameson

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What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. ↗