It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
WILLIAM JAMESTruth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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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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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
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To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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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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We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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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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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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