Tag: William James
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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
William James
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Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
William James
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William James
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Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.
William James
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Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
William James
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To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.
William James
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
William James
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There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
William James
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Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
William James
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Truth is what works.
William James