So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
WILLIAM JAMESA man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
More William James Quotes
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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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The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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