Quote by William James
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From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust. – William James

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Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! – William James

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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. – William James

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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me. – Joan Borysenko

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The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in. – G. K. Chesterton

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Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times… – George Ellery Hale

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The universe is then one, infinite, immobile. It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless, and to that extent infinite and indeterminable, and consequently immobilizable.. – Giordano Bruno

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