We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
WILLIAM JAMESExperience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
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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.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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