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William James Quotes

William James quotes

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

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William James quote: "Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the..."
Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. William James
William James quote: "The sovereign cure for worry is prayer."
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. William James
Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked. William James
William James quote: "Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism."
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. William James
William James quote: "We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be..."
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. William James
William James quote: "It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another..."
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. William James
William James quote: "Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our..."
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. 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: "Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours."
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours. William James
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. William James
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! William James
Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it. William James
William James quote: "If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly..."
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. William James
William James quote: "The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long..."
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck. William James

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