What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
WILLIAM JAMESThe 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.
More William James Quotes
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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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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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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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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We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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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 discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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