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"What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!"
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories."
"The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals."
"To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being."
"Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."
"Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test."
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
"Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not."
"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."
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