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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
W. James
Religions
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Begin
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life
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We all have a lifelong habit of inferiority to our full self...
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The word 'cause' is an altar to an unknown god.
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The absolute things, the last things, the overlapping things, are the truly philosophic concerns all superior minds feel seriously about them, and the mind with the shortest views is simply the mind of the more shallow man.
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Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitement's of that day do not call forth. Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. The human individual usually lives far within his limits.
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There are 3 rules to follow if you want to change (1) Start immediately, (2) Do it flamboyantly, (3) No exceptions.
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No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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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.
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Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
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Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.
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The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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The baby, assailed by eyes, ears, nose, skin, and entrails at once, feels it all as one great blooming, buzzing confusion.
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A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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What a teacher needs to know about psychology might almost be written on the palm of one's hand.
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Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.
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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James