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To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being.
By William James
Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
By William James
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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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.
By William James
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
By William James
There is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that is, to contradict other philosophers.
By William James
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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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.
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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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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.
By William James
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.
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The stream of thought flows on but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.
By William James
The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.
By William James
The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what they once knew but have forgotten, simply hold their own.
By William James
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.
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The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
By William James
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
By William James
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
By William James