"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
-William James
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"The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.“
-William James
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"We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood."
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"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."
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"Belief creates the actual fact."
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"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true."
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"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
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