Tag: William James

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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

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

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The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what they once knew but have forgotten, simply hold their own.

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The stream of thought flows on but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.

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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

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

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This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

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When a thing is new, people say ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say ‘It is not important.’ Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say ‘Anyway, it is not new.’

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