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Quotations by author » William James
American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge
Religion
Science must constantly be reminded that her purposes are not the only purposes and that the order of uniform causation which she has use for may be enveloped in a wider order.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it.
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Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites, lacks an essential element of largeness.
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So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community.
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So I am against all big organizations as such, national ones first and foremost; against all big successes and big results; and in favor of the eternal forces of truth which always work in the individual and immediately unsuccessful way, under-dogs always, till history comes, after they are long dead, and puts them on top.
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Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world.
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
EqualitySelf-esteem
Tell him to live by yes and no -- yes to everything good, no to everything bad.
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The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
Education
The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
ArtWisdom
The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing but fatal decrees.
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The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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The conceptions acquired before thirty remain usually the only ones we ever gain.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Appreciation
The divine shall mean for us only such a primal reality as the individual feels impelled to respond to solemnly and gravely, and neither by a curse nor a jest.
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The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action
Emotion
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