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Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.

William James

No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
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
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
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Facts Models Role Virtue
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
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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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive

Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.

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