325 ordspråk av William James

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William James föddes den January 11th 1842 och dog den 26 August 1910 - leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism.
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 Religion is either a dull habit or an acute fever.

 Religion is nothing if it be not the vital act by which the entire mind seeks to save itself by clinging to the principle from which it draws its life. This act is prayer, by which term I understand no vain exercise of words, no mere repetition of certain sacred formula, but the very movement itself of the soul, putting itself in a personal relation of contact with the mysterious power of which it feels the presence -- it may be even before it has a name by which to call it.

 Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upon life. The Varieties of Religious Experience, 1902

 Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge

 Science must constantly be reminded that her purposes are not the only purposes and that the order of uniform causation which she has use for may be enveloped in a wider order.

 Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

 Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites, lacks an essential element of largeness.

 So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community.

 So I am against all big organizations as such, national ones first and foremost; against all big successes and big results; and in favor of the eternal forces of truth which always work in the individual and immediately unsuccessful way, under-dogs always, till history comes, after they are long dead, and puts them on top.

 Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world.

 Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

 Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

 Tell him to live by yes and no -- yes to everything good, no to everything bad.

 The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

 The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook


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