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William James Quotes

We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its ever so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out Picture Quote #1

In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly Picture Quote #1

Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark Picture Quote #1

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal Picture Quote #1

Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality Picture Quote #1

Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law Picture Quote #1

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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being Picture Quote #1

It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods Picture Quote #1

There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say Picture Quote #1

Science herself consults her heart when she lays it down that the infinite ascertainment of fact and correction of false belief are the supreme goods for man Picture Quote #1

The unrest which keeps the never stopping clock of metaphysics going is the thought that the nonexistence of this world is just as possible as its existence Picture Quote #1

No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed Picture Quote #1

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Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge Picture Quote #1

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old Picture Quote #1

A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows Picture Quote #1

For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers Picture Quote #1

I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds Picture Quote #1

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate Picture Quote #1

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The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action Picture Quote #1

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge Picture Quote #1

Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it Picture Quote #1

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit Picture Quote #1

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture Picture Quote #1

There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference Picture Quote #1

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I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather I fear to lose truth by the pretension to possess it already wholly Picture Quote #1

If this life is not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight Picture Quote #1

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all Picture Quote #1

There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other Picture Quote #1

A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates Picture Quote #1

Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction Picture Quote #1

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We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its ever so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out (William James Quotes) In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly (William James Quotes) Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark (William James Quotes) The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal (William James Quotes) Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality (William James Quotes) Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law (William James Quotes) Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being (William James Quotes) It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods (William James Quotes) There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say (William James Quotes) Science herself consults her heart when she lays it down that the infinite ascertainment of fact and correction of false belief are the supreme goods for man (William James Quotes) The unrest which keeps the never stopping clock of metaphysics going is the thought that the nonexistence of this world is just as possible as its existence (William James Quotes) No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed (William James Quotes) Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge (William James Quotes) The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old (William James Quotes) A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows (William James Quotes) For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers (William James Quotes) I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds (William James Quotes) We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate (William James Quotes) The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action (William James Quotes) Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge (William James Quotes) Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it (William James Quotes) Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit (William James Quotes) Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture (William James Quotes) There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference (William James Quotes) I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather I fear to lose truth by the pretension to possess it already wholly (William James Quotes) If this life is not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight (William James Quotes) It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all (William James Quotes) There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other (William James Quotes) A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates (William James Quotes) Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction (William James Quotes)

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