325 ordspråk av William James
William James
William James föddes den January 11th 1842 och dog den 26 August 1910 - leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism.
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 I will act as if what I do makes a difference. |
| If a man's good for nothing else, he can at least teach philosophy. |
| If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. |
| If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important. . . . It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun. |
| If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience |
| If the 'searching of our heart and reins' be the purpose of this human drama, then what is sought seems to be what effort we can make. He who can make none is but a shadow; he who can make much is a hero. |
| If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. |
| If there is anything I hate, it is collecting. |
| If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight. |
| If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. |
| If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. |
| If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. |
| If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait. |
| Immortality is but a way of saying that the determination of expectancy is the essential factor of rationality. |
| Impulse without reason is not enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift. |
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