He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
WILLIAM JAMESThe most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
More William James Quotes
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Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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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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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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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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But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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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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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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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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