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William James Quotes

William James quotes

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

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The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That - with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word 'success' - is our national disease. William James
William James quote: "There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's..."
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. 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
Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction William James
...our moral and practical attitude....impulses, inhibitions.... how it contains and moulds us by its restrictive pressure almost as if we were fluids pent with the cavity of a jar.... It becomes our subconscious. [p. 287] 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 deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be..."
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. William James
The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with something else. But any object that is infinitely important to us and awakens our devotion feels to us also as if it must be sui generis and unique. Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. "I am no such thing," it would say; "I am MYSELF, MYSELF alone. 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
William James quote: "If you can change your mind you can change the world!"
If you can change your mind you can change the world! William James
Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them. William James
William James quote: "There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we..."
There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other. William James
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. William James
The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not seen. I could not any more have doubted that HE was there than that I was. Indeed, I felt myself to be, if possible, the less real of the two. William James

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