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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.

William James

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
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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Law Science Together
The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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Mind Moving Subconscious World
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Esteem Failure Inspirational Self
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Facts Philosophy Way
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People

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