The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

Quote by William James

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Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

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 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...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

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

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

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a...

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a...

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.