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At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.

William James

The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Change Dream Inspirational
Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
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
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
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
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use

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