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William James US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 - 1910)
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.



There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

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