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William James Quotes

William James quotes about good

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

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Were one asked to characterize the life of religion in the broadest and most general terms possible, one might say that it consists of the belief that there is an unseen order, and our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto. William James
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone until those smiling possibilities are dead... By neglecting the necessary concrete labor, by sparing ourselves the little daily tax, we are positively digging the graves of our higher possibilities. William James
A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans and empty quacks. William James
William James quote: "The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good..."
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. William James
William James quote: "If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be..."
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. William James
William James quote: "We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference..."
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. William James
In its broadest term, religion says that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in rightful relations to it. 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

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