Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
WILLIAM JAMESIt seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
More William James Quotes
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Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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