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«To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.»
«Truth is what works.»
«In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
background, backgrounds, Background and, dim, dimmed, dimming, dims, in the background, ought, somehow, start
«The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Life,
Living
| Keywords:
alter, altering, attitude, discovery, Discovery of, generation, human being
«Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Prejudice,
Thinking
| Keywords:
prejudices, rearrange, rearranged, rearranging
«Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.»
«Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Genius
| Keywords:
faculty, Faculty of, genius, perceiving, The Faculty
«Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
bundles, bundling, conduct, habits, heed, heeded, heeds, mere, plastic, plastics, walking
«The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
belief system, differently, dissolve, dissolving, expand, insane, minds, perceive, result, seems, slip, slipping, slip away, slip by, slip in, slip on, slip up, system, The Fear, willing, working
«The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Discovery
| Keywords:
alter, altering, attitudes, discovery, Discovery of, generation, My Generation
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