Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
WILLIAM JAMESThe difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
More William James Quotes
-
-
The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
WILLIAM JAMES -
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
WILLIAM JAMES -
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
WILLIAM JAMES -
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
WILLIAM JAMES -
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
WILLIAM JAMES -
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
WILLIAM JAMES -
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
WILLIAM JAMES -
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
WILLIAM JAMES -
Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
WILLIAM JAMES -
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
WILLIAM JAMES -
Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
WILLIAM JAMES -
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
WILLIAM JAMES -
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
WILLIAM JAMES -
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
WILLIAM JAMES -
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
WILLIAM JAMES