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More William James Quotes
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Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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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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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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