Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

Quote by William James

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The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Those who never have time do least

Those who never have time do least