A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
WILLIAM JAMESFear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
More William James Quotes
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For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Habit 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.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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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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