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Quotes 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
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"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."
By William James
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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."
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"Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism."
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"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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"There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers."
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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
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"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it."
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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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"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices."
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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."
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"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
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"The difference between a good man and a bad man is the choice of cause."
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"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."
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"The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it."
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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
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"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they?ve got a second. Give your dreams all you?ve got and you?ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you!!"
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"I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are impossible."
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"This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it."
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"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
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"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community."
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"He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed."
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"There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers."
By William James
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"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
By William James
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"As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use."
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