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

William James

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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Mind Philosophy Quiet
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Philosophical Prayer Worry
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Attention Education Excellence
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Free Will Psychological
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
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
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test

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