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William James quotes about fear

American Philosopher, Psychologist January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910

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[There are, in us] possibilities that take our breath away, and show a world wider than either physics or philistine ethics can imagine. Here is a world in which all is well, in spite of certain forms of death, death of hope, death of strength, death of responsibility, of fear and wrong, death of everything that paganism, naturalism and legalism pin their trust on. William James
What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute finite evil is ‘overruled’ already, we may, therefore, whenever we wish, treat the temporal as if it were potentially the eternal, be sure that we can trust its outcome, and, without sin, dismiss our fear and drop the worry of our finite responsibility. In short, they mean that we have a right ever and anon to take a moral holiday, to let the world wag in its own way,... William James
To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds, William James
William James quote: "The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is..."
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. William James
William James quote: "I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather I fear to..."
I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather I fear to lose truth by the pretension to possess it already wholly. William James
William James quote: "I fear to lose truth by the pretension to possess it already..."
I fear to lose truth by the pretension to possess it already wholly. William James

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