What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
WILLIAM JAMESWhen thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
More William James Quotes
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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Truth happens to an idea
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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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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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