Tag: William James
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There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.
William James
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Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James
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Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
William James
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
William James
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The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
William James
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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
William James
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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.
William James
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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
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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
William James