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Quote by William James
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we

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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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. – Richard Dawkins

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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. – Saint Bernard

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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry. – Oliver Cromwell

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What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. – Peter Singer

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A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. – Arthur Miller

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In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. – George Mikes

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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. – Emily Dickinson

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One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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