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Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: American Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: January 11, 1842 Date of Death: August 26, 1910 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: William James Related Authors: Deepak Chopra John Dewey Robert M. Pirsig George Santayana Mortimer Adler Judith Butler Allan Bloom James Mark Baldwin |
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Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
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William James Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference. William James Man can alter his life by altering his thinking. William James Man lives for science as well as bread. William James Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. William James Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. William James No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. William James Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. William James Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. William James Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. William James Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. William James Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. William James Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James 'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. William James Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. William James The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them. William James The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. William James The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James |
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