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William James Quotes

William James quotes

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

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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. The fundamental conceptions of psychology are practically very clear to us, but theoretically they are very confused, and one easily makes the obscurest assumptions in this science without realizing, until challenged, what internal difficulties they involve. William James
William James quote: "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James
William James quote: "The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. William James
William James quote: "Time itself comes in drops."
Time itself comes in drops. William James
If the generations of mankind suffered and laid down their lives; if martyrs sang in the fire... for no other end than that a race of creatures of such unexampled insipidity should succeed, and protract... their contented and inoffensive lives, why, at such a rate... better ring down the curtain before the last act of the play, so that a business that began so importantly may be saved from so singularly flat a winding up. William James
William James quote: "If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably..."
If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. William James
The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact. Our civilization is founded on the shambles, and every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony. 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: "The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a..."
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. William James
Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing. William James
Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain William James
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. William James
William James quote: "Where [God] is, tragedy is only provisional and partial, and..."
Where [God] is, tragedy is only provisional and partial, and shipwreck and dissolution are not the absolutely final things. William James
William James quote: "Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for a..."
Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for a better kind of man, a loss of appetite for mediocrities. William James
It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off being religious at all. By being religious we establish ourselves in possession of ultimate reality at the only points at which reality is given us to guard. Our responsible concern is with our private destiny, after all. William James

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