Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
WILLIAM JAMESFaith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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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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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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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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Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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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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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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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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