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To know one thing thoroughly would be to know the universe.

William James

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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
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Universe

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No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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We and God have business with each other, and in opening ourselves to God's influence our deepest destiny is fulfilled.
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Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.
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The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.
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All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods.
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Hogamus, higamous Man is polygamous Higamus, hogamous Woman monogamous.
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances may suggest.
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The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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