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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
William James
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
William James
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
William James
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
William James
There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.
William James
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
William James
Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
William James
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William James
Belief creates the actual fact.
William James
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
William James