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

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We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition William James
To suggest personal will and effort to one all sicklied o'er with the sense of irremediable impotence is to suggest the most impossible of things. What he craves is to be consoled in his very powerlessness, to feel that the spirit of the universe recognizes and secures him, all decaying and failing as he is. William James
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is. William James
William James quote: "A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and..."
A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates. William James
William James quote: "A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who..."
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. William James

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