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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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The unrest which keeps the never-stopping clock metaphysics going is the thought that the non-existence of this world is just as possible as its existence.
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The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist
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The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
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There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
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There is little of the grand style about these new prism, pendulum and chronograph philosophers. They mean business, not chivalry. . . . the experimental method has quite changed the face of science so far as the latter is a record of mere work done.
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There is no more contemptible type of human character than that of the nerveless sentimentalist and dreamer who spends his life in a weltering sea of sensibility and emotion, but who never does a manly concrete deed.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.
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There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.
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There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
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There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.
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These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
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This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.
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