William James on facts
William James50 quotes“The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.”
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Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
William JamesWilliam James In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
William JamesWilliam James We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
William JamesWilliam James The education of attention would be an education par excellence
William JamesWilliam James The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
William JamesWilliam James An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William JamesWilliam James It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
William JamesWilliam James One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
William JamesWilliam James I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
William JamesWilliam James The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
William JamesWilliam James That which is most personal, is most interesting.
William JamesWilliam James The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William JamesWilliam James The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
William JamesWilliam James We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
William JamesWilliam James The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
William JamesWilliam James A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
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Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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The fact is that automobiles no longer have a place in the big cities of our time.
Bertrand DelanoeBertrand Delanoe I’m always in my pajamas, unless I know for a fact that people are taking my picture.
Bethenny FrankelBethenny Frankel For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I’m going to have more kids.
Benjamin BrattBenjamin Bratt Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
Bernard BaruchBernard Baruch Faith does not ignore the facts, it ignores the power of the facts.
Benny HinnBenny Hinn Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you’ll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!
Bernice Johnson ReagonBernice Johnson Reagon In fact, I might be confident for the human race because of what the human race has given me. When I was in the street and bars, people always came up to me and said, “Don’t stop, keep going.”
Benjamin ClementineBenjamin Clementine
