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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William James
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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.
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The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given why we should not pray. Others give reasons why we should pray. Very little is said of the reason we do pray. The reason is simple: We pray because we cannot help praying.
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If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
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As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are IMPOSSIBLE.
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All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
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We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Serious development of the personality begins at the closet door.
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The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
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