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We should be saints if we can, but each person must find the kind of religion and degree of saintliness that fits their powers and vocation

Drawn from what William James said

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religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What William James actually said

  1. William James American philosopher and psychologist (1842 to 1910)
    Let us be saints, then, if we can, whether or not we succeed visibly and temporally. But in our Father's house are many mansions, and each of us must discover for himself the kind of religion and the amount of saintship which best comports with what he believes to be his powers and feels to be his truest mission and vocation.

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