Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
WILLIAM JAMESAt bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
More William James Quotes
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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