No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
WILLIAM JAMESThere can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
More William James Quotes
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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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If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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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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You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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