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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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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – William James

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The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. – Albert Einstein

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Ere he returned, Madame descended and passed from the sparkling sunshine into the gloom of the portico, with a melancholy consciousness of the symbolic. For her spirit, too, had its poetic intuitions and insights… – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897

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It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam. – G. K. Chesterton

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I feel an army in my fist. – Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), The Robbers, translated from German

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