The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
WILLIAM JAMESNo bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
More William James Quotes
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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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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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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