Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMESNo living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
More William James Quotes
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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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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 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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Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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