Tag: William James
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
William James
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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.
William James
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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
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We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.
William James
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To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else’s type of thinking.
William James
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
William James
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
William James
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Man lives for science as well as bread.
William James
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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
William James
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
William James