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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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out theyve got a second. – William James

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Individuality is founded in feeling and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. – William James

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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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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. – Aristotle

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In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion. – Francis Bacon

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[M]odern man is just ancient man – with way better electronics. – Author unknown, “A Short History of Breakfast,” from a Jack in the Box tray line

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And in real life endings arent always neat, whether theyre happy endings, or whether theyre sad endings. – Stephen King

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. – Buddha

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The best part of happiness is the pines. – Terri Guillemets

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