The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
WILLIAM JAMESEvery individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
More William James Quotes
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No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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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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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
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The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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