William James

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one. ↗

— William James

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The essence of genius is to know what to overlook. ↗

— William James

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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. ↗

— William James

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There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. ↗

— William James

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To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being. ↗

— William James

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To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced. ↗

— William James

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We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable. ↗

— William James

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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be. ↗

— William James

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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. ↗

— William James

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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible. ↗

— William James

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