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Belief creates the actual fact. - William James

Belief creates the actual fact. – William James

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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Language
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William James
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Our faith is faith in someone elses faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. – William James

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Faith
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William James
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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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Reality
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Other Quotes from
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As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. – Charles Morgan

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inspirational

I believe theres an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts. – Sylvester Stallone

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inspirational

I didnt have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, lets say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony. Nothing doing! – Henry Miller

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inspirational

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. – William Congreve

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inspirational

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Im always active in trying to educate people when it comes to eating animal products, testing on animals, and the health benefits of being vegan, although Im probably not the best person to be talking about the latter at the moment. – Daniel Johns

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Health

I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freuds Interpretation of Dreams was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was! – Wallace Shawn

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Dreams

To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night. – Paul Simon, “A Poem on the Underground Wall”

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Night

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. – Marcel Proust

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communication