We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
WILLIAM JAMESOur intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
More William James Quotes
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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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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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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