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"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices."
- William James, More quotation on Prejudice. |
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"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."
- William James, More quotation on Attitude. |
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"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
- 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."
- William James, More quotation on Attitude. |
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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
- William James. |
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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."
- William James. |
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"There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers."
- William James. |