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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.

William James

Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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Mind Moving Subconscious World
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
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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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy

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