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[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.

William James

True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Ideas Truth Verify
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Pay Quality Supreme
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Deny Neglect Wise
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Mountain Religious Twilight
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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Alcohol Feel Feelings Good

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