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Quote by William James
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our th

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. – William James

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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. – William James

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One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. – M. Russell Ballard

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I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody elses. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that theres no truth. – Flannery OConnor

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I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules. – Ellen DeGeneres

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Age is no barrier. Its a limitation you put on your mind. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh. – Marlo Thomas

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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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