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Quotes by William James

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what ... Read Full Quote
The great use of life is to spend it for something that ... Read Full Quote
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will ... Read Full Quote
The essence of genius is to know what to overlook. ... Read Full Quote
When a thing is new, people say 'It is not true.' Later ... Read Full Quote
Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the ... Read Full Quote
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be cho ... Read Full Quote
The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is alwa ... Read Full Quote
I am done with great things and big plans, great instit ... Read Full Quote
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by tho ... Read Full Quote
Religion is the monumental chapter in the history of hu ... Read Full Quote
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a differen ... Read Full Quote
Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me. ... Read Full Quote
Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul None ... Read Full Quote
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or ... Read Full Quote
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upo ... Read Full Quote
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human ... Read Full Quote
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to ove ... Read Full Quote
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something t ... Read Full Quote
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking i ... Read Full Quote
Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest i ... Read Full Quote
A great many people think they are thinking when they a ... Read Full Quote
Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upo ... Read Full Quote
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Tr ... Read Full Quote
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ... Read Full Quote
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom ... Read Full Quote
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to ... Read Full Quote
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to ov ... Read Full Quote
Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving ... Read Full Quote
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is i ... Read Full Quote
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their ... Read Full Quote
The stream of thought flows on but most of its segments ... Read Full Quote