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William James Quotes

The more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and not that we cry, strike, or tremble because we are sorry, angry, or fearful as the case may be Picture Quote #1

How many of us persist in a precipitate course which, but for a moment of heedlessness we might never have entered upon, simply because we hate to change our minds Picture Quote #1

Contemporary philosophers, even the rationalistic minded ones, have on the whole agreed that no one has intelligibly banished the mystery of fact Picture Quote #1

There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking Picture Quote #1

A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last Picture Quote #1

The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there Picture Quote #1

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Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not Picture Quote #1

First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it Picture Quote #1

The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself Picture Quote #1

Nature in her unfathomable designs had mixed us of clay and flame, of brain and mind, that the two things hang indubitably together and determine each other’s being but how or why, no mortal may ever know Picture Quote #1

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome Picture Quote #1

If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more Picture Quote #1

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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish Picture Quote #1

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible... faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance Picture Quote #1

Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs which otherwise must engulf us Picture Quote #1

At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe Picture Quote #1

Religion... shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude Picture Quote #1

Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core Picture Quote #1

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Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life’s evils, is set free in those who have religious faith Picture Quote #1

A good hypothesis in science must have other properties than those of the phenomenon it is immediately invoked to explain, otherwise it is not prolific enough Picture Quote #1

Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations Picture Quote #1

Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer... It is wrong always, everywhere, and for every one, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence Picture Quote #1

Action and feeling go together, and by regulating the action... we can directly regulate the feeling Picture Quote #1

Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow Picture Quote #1

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Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny Picture Quote #1

Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed Picture Quote #1

We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them Picture Quote #1

The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind... that encounters it Picture Quote #1

The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence Picture Quote #1

An enormous mass of experience, both of homeopathic doctors and their patients, is invoked in favor of the efficacy of these remedies and doses Picture Quote #1

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The more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and not that we cry, strike, or tremble because we are sorry, angry, or fearful as the case may be (William James Quotes) How many of us persist in a precipitate course which, but for a moment of heedlessness we might never have entered upon, simply because we hate to change our minds (William James Quotes) Contemporary philosophers, even the rationalistic minded ones, have on the whole agreed that no one has intelligibly banished the mystery of fact (William James Quotes) There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking (William James Quotes) A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last (William James Quotes) The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there (William James Quotes) Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not (William James Quotes) First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it (William James Quotes) The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself (William James Quotes) Nature in her unfathomable designs had mixed us of clay and flame, of brain and mind, that the two things hang indubitably together and determine each other’s being but how or why, no mortal may ever know (William James Quotes) In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome (William James Quotes) If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more (William James Quotes) All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish (William James Quotes) Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible... faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance (William James Quotes) Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs which otherwise must engulf us (William James Quotes) At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe (William James Quotes) Religion... shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude (William James Quotes) Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core (William James Quotes) Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life’s evils, is set free in those who have religious faith (William James Quotes) A good hypothesis in science must have other properties than those of the phenomenon it is immediately invoked to explain, otherwise it is not prolific enough (William James Quotes) Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations (William James Quotes) Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer... It is wrong always, everywhere, and for every one, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence (William James Quotes) Action and feeling go together, and by regulating the action... we can directly regulate the feeling (William James Quotes) Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow (William James Quotes) Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny (William James Quotes) Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed (William James Quotes) We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them (William James Quotes) The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind... that encounters it (William James Quotes) The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence (William James Quotes) An enormous mass of experience, both of homeopathic doctors and their patients, is invoked in favor of the efficacy of these remedies and doses (William James Quotes)

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