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William James Quotes

William James quotes

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

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Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dust-cloud of exceptional observations, of occurrences minute and irregular and seldom met with, which it always proves more easy to ignore than to attend to... Anyone will renovate his science who will steadily look after the irregular phenomena, and when science is renewed, its new formulas often have more of the voice of the exceptions in them than of what were supposed to be the rules. William James
William James quote: "Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly."
Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. William James
William James quote: "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose..."
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James
William James quote: "In business for yourself, not by yourself."
In business for yourself, not by yourself. William James
Philosophy, beginning in wonder, as Plato and Aristotle said, is able to fancy everything different from what it is. It sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange as if it were familiar. It can take things up and lay them down again. It rouses us from our native dogmatic slumber and breaks up our caked prejudices. William James
William James quote: "Many people think they are thinking when they are merely..."
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
William James quote: "Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is..."
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. William James
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. William James
Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. William James
William James quote: "Wisdom is seeing something in a non-habitual manner."
Wisdom is seeing something in a non-habitual manner. 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
William James quote: "Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to..."
Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. William James
William James quote: "Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James
When a thing is new, people say: ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say: ‘It is not important.’ Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say: ‘Anyway, it is not new. William James
William James quote: "Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our..."
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation. William James

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