William James Quotes & Quotations

William James Quotes

» To spend life for something which outlasts it.

» Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.

» Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is hidden. We tolerate no one who has no capacity whatever for it in any direction. On the other hand, no matter what a man's frailties otherwise may be, if he be willing to risk death, and still more if he suffer it heroically, in the service he has chosen, the fact consecrates him forever.

» A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

» Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

» Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

» Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

» I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

» If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

» Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

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