William James Quotes About Religion
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Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Religions have approved themselves; they have ministered to sundry vital needs which they found reigning. When they violated other needs too strongly, or when other faiths came which served the same needs better, the first religions were supplanted.
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If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances may suggest.
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Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
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The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals.
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I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are IMPOSSIBLE.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upon life.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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