[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
WILLIAM JAMESAt bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
More William James Quotes
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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History is a bath of blood.
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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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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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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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