Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
WILLIAM JAMESThe God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
More William James Quotes
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Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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