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

Other quotes by William James

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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Sympathy
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Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. – William James

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Vacations
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Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Truth

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth. – Henry David Thoreau

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Truth

I am of the Buddhists. The great Teacher comes periodically. He is followed by pupils who corrupt the texts and then a new Buddha must be born to reëstablish the truth. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Truth breeds hatred. – Bias of Priene, Maxims

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I always put the apostrophe in “ain’t” to make certain I’m using proper improper English. – Author unknown

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I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. – Henry David Thoreau

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Theres a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. Ill not be parting with that, nor our bed – the four-poster – Ill be needing that to die in. – Helen Hayes

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