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Causes Quotes by William James
- The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and…
- Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible ... faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue…
- When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain…
- 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…
- There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
- All the higher, more penetrating ideals are revolutionary. They present themselves far less in the guise of effects of past experience than in that of…
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- In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial. — Richard Armour
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- Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove… — Scott Adams