[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
WILLIAM JAMESIndividuality is founded in feeling
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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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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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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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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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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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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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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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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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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The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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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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