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Quote by William James
We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who e

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James

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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. – 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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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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For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. – John Gardner

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Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. – James Baldwin

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My poverty is not complete: it lacks me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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