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William James

| Quotations: 27 | Pages: 3

Quotations by William James (January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910) | pragmatist philosopher and psychologist


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Prejudice
by William James

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.

Unsorted
by William James

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

Beliefs
by William James

Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

Being
by William James

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

Vacation
by William James

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.

Morals
by William James

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

Uniqueness
by William James

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Friendship
by William James

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave th ...

Attitude
by William James

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

Worry
by William James

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.


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Topics of quotations by William James:



- Attitude (2)
- Being (1)
- Beliefs (1)
- Candor (1)
- Cause (1)
- Change (1)
- Choice (1)
- Evil (1)
- Friendship (1)
- Indecision (1)
- Life (1)
- Lying (1)
- Morals (1)
- Philosophy (1)
- Prejudice (1)
- Pretension (1)
- Silence (1)
- Sports (1)
- Uniqueness (1)
- Unsorted (3)
- Vacation (1)
- Wisdom (1)
- Worry (1)
- Worth (1)
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