William James Quotes

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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William James
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11 January, 1842
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26 August, 1910
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