Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
WILLIAM JAMESTouch is the alpha and omega of affection.
More William James Quotes
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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