Quote by William James
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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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. – Mao Zedong

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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. – Victor Hugo

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You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. – St. Bernard

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Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower. – Alan C. Kay

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