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

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If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. – William James

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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. – Lillian Smith

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I had lost faith in biography. – A. N. Wilson

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If faith is your motivation, share that. – Tim Kaine

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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important. – J. C. Watts

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