Quote by William James
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. – William James

Other quotes by William James

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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Happiness
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. – William James

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Faith
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James

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I broke with my religion in college. – Anne Rice

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Religion

The Son of God became man so that we might become God. – Athanasius

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Religion

The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events. – Cat Stevens

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Religion

I dont care what the religion is called as far as Im concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them. – Charley Pride

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Religion

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We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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One of the hardest questions I have been asked is How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps? I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender. – Josefina Vazquez Mota

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Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life. – Thomas Merton

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