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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. - William James

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. – William James

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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Age
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William James
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From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust. – William James

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Universe, The
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William James
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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. – William James

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Hell
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I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. – George Bernard Shaw

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Kwanzaa

“I must do something” always solves more problems than “Something must be done.” – Author Unknown

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Kwanzaa

Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive. – David S. Muzzey

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Kwanzaa

“Independence”… [is] middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. – G.B. Shaw, Pygmalion, 1912

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Kwanzaa

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