I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds.
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Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its verity is in fact an event, a process the process namely of its verifying itself, its veri-fication. Its validity is the process of its valid-ation.William James
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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If the 'searching of our heart and reins' be the purpose of this human drama, then what is sought seems to be what effort we can make. He who can make none is but a shadow he who can make much is a hero.
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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
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No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him
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