Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes
WILLIAM JAMESFaith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
More William James Quotes
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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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.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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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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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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Our 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.
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We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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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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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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