The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

Quote by William James

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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....

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

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.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Act the part and you will become the part.

Act the part and you will become the part.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just...

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just...

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...

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that...

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever...

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

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 god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat;...

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat;...

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...

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a...

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...