Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
WILLIAM JAMESSo to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
More William James Quotes
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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History is a bath of blood.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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