The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
WILLIAM JAMESReligion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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The strenuous life tastes better
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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