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experience William James

William James | experience

‘Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

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experience William James

William James | experience

If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

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William James | education

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

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William James | change

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

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William James | change

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.

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William James | change

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.

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business William James

William James | business

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.

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William James | business

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

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William James | best

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

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William James | best

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

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