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.
WILLIAM JAMESWe never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
More William James Quotes
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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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Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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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 aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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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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