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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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The old question of whether there is design is idle. The real question is what is the world, whether or not it have a designer--and that can be revealed only by the study of all nature's particulars.
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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To know one thing thoroughly would be to know the universe.
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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
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My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.
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There is no being capable of a spiritual life who does not have within him a jungle. Where the wolf constantly HOWLS and the OBSCENE bird of night chatters endlessly.
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Truth in our ideas means their power to work.
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Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
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A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith's usual result.
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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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Science herself consults her heart when she lays it down that the infinite ascertainment of fact and correction of false belief are the supreme goods for man.
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If things are ever to move upward, some one must take the first step, and assume the risk of it. No one who is not willing to try charity, to try non-resistance as the saint is always willing, can tell whether these methods will or will not succeed.
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In its broadest term, religion says that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in rightful relations to it.
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All the qualities of a man acquire dignity when he knows that the service of the collectivity that owns him needs them. If proud of the collectivity, his own pride rises in proportion. No collectivity is like an army for nourishing such pride.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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I am tired of the position of the dried-up critic and doubter. The believer is the true full man. (from a biography of James by Robert D. Richardson)
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