Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Quote by William James

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

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

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

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

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if...

All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.