Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
WILLIAM JAMESReligious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
More William James Quotes
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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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
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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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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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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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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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
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