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On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.

William James

There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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Men Philosophy Social
We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Data Powerful Science
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
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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All Fields Instant Time
All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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Destiny Military Spiritual
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason

On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.

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