But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
WILLIAM JAMESTo some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
More William James Quotes
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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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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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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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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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