Tag: William James
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Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.
William James
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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
William James
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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
William James
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
William James
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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.
William James
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
William James
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In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
William James
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If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
William James
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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
William James