The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

Quote by Charles Sanders Peirce

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Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and...

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and...

Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without...

Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without...

It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on...

It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on...

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied...

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied...

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no...

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no...

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know...

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know...

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able...

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able...

I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.

I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned.

Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned.

People hate what they can't conquer, envy what they can't get, and destroy what they...

People hate what they can't conquer, envy what they can't get, and destroy what they...

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a...

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.