Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
WILLIAM JAMESHabit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
More William James Quotes
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[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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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.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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