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Quote by William James
Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without be

Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James

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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James

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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. – Roger Ebert

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Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: thats a good thing born from a bad thing. – Joseph Joubert

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