William James
American philosopher
Lived from: 1842-1910
Category: Philosophers
Quotes: William James
Quotes 1 till 15 of 112.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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A great many
people think they are thinking when they are rearranging their prejudices.
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.
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Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
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Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
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An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
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Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
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Belief creates the actual fact.
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