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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its powe

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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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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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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Change
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Adults are always so busy with the dull and dusty affairs of life which have nothing to do with grass, trees, and running streams. – The Little Grey Men by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford), 1942

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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. – Bodhidharma

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Im very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own. – Norman MacCaig

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The primary and most beautiful of Natures qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only. – Marquis de Sade

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Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I like her because she smiles at me and means it. – Terri Guillemets

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The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development its love – that one principle. – Tom Shadyac

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