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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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William James, MD, (1842–1910) was an American professor and historian who helped establish the philosophical tradition of pragmatism. In addition to studying and writing extensively about religion, mysticism, and education, he is also generally considered the founder of American psychology.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAffliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe meet no ordinary people in our lives.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageMental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThere are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

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