William James

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. ↗

— William James

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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. ↗

— William James

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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. ↗

— William James

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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. ↗

— 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

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Time itself comes in drops. ↗

— William James

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To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking. ↗

— William James

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What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! ↗

— William James

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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. ↗

— William James

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An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation. ↗

— William James

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