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William James

William James

William James föddes den 11 januar 1842 och dog den 26 august 1910 - amerikansk psykolog, fysiolog och filosof.
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We can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.

To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them gratified

The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons

Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitativeness

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

Truth is what works.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may retain entirely unaffected for the better.

Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. Each lapse is like the letting fall of a ball of string which one is carefully winding up; a single slip undoes more than a great many turns will wind again.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

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