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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

William James

[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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Grace Order Unseen
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Change Dream Inspirational
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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Country Teacher Teaching
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
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Attend Moments Reality
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
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom

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