Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. by William James

Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly.

William James

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Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.

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Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. by William James

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

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

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I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for those tiny, invisible molecular moral forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, yet which if you give them time, will rend the hardest monuments of man's pride.

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Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say... by William James

Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.

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Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it

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Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgust... by William James

Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.

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Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for... by William James

Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose.

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We believe as much as we can. We would believe everything if we c... by William James

We believe as much as we can. We would believe everything if we could.

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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I... by William James

The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.

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Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do. by William James

Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.

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Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help. by William James

Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help.

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Habit is the great flywheel of society. by William James

Habit is the great flywheel of society.

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Events are influenced by our very great desires. by William James

Events are influenced by our very great desires.

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Serious development of the personality begins at the closet door. by William James

Serious development of the personality begins at the closet door.

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Belief creates the actual fact. by William James

Belief creates the actual fact.

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The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own particular ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours.

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If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the s... by William James

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

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Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification process... by William James

Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes

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