Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
WILLIAM JAMESThere is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
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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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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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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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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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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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