So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
WILLIAM JAMESIn the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
More William James Quotes
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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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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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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The strenuous life tastes better
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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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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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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