There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
WILLIAM JAMESIn the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
More William James Quotes
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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