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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem,…
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Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should…
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The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.
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There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of…
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against…
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The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment…
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If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is…
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All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the material interesting;…
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Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you…
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To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no…
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb…
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A taste for liberal art is necessary to complete the character of a gentleman, Science alone is hard and mechanical. It exercises…
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From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the…
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One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to…
— Malcolm X
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Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you…
— Robert E. Lee
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Well, pioneers always suffer. I don't care who is the first to embark upon things. For instance, settlers that settled the West,…
— Bobby Hull
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