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We and God have business with each other, and in opening ourselves to God's influence our deepest destiny is fulfilled.

William James

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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We believe as much as we can. We would believe everything if we could.
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Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us our hour of triumph is what brings the void. Not the Jews of the captivity, but those of the days of Solomon 's glory are those from whom the pessimistic utterances in our Bible come.
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