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Quote by William James
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. – William James

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Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James

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Emotions
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William James
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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. – William James

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Faith
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William James
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If merely feeling good could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. – William James

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Experience
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Do not sacrifice a large good for a little evil. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Light tomorrow with today. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. – Albert Schweitzer

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Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. – Thomas Paine

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Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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