Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

Quote by William James

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Time itself comes in drops.

Time itself comes in drops.

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

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...

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

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

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

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

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or...

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or...

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life...

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

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

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system...

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system...