American - Philosopher | January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910
We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.
William James
LifeFindEvenDoomedWhileCling
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
ManHimSocialWhoRecognizeMany
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
TrueNeverStatementOppositeClear
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
GoodExperienceFeeling GoodFeeling
Truth is what works.
TruthTruth IsWorks
To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being.
AwarenessBeingSimplyKnownMeans
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.
HateThinkingRealNecessarySome
The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them.
ThinkSaidBreatheMustAbleThem
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.
TruthThoughtsChallengesCredit
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
YouDoneDifferenceEverythingMakes
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
HistoryGreatPhilosophyHumanClash
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
SportsPeopleWindEnoughFindRun
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