A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found.William James
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.
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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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