Quote by William James
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital re

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. – William James

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[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. – Emma Goldman

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Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. – Vincent Van Gogh

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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. – Lao Tzu

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As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no. – John Donne

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