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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.

William James

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
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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Book Cat Conservations Dog
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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Men Small Rooms Thinking
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Dogmatize Hypothesis Truth
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Esteem Leadership Quality Self
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men

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