Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
WILLIAM JAMESOn pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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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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