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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. ”
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. ”
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. ”
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. ”
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. ”
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. ”
Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. ”
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. ”
Belief creates the actual fact. ”
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ”