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Quote by William James
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. - William James

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James

Other quotes by William James

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! – William James

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Faith
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William James
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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James

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Men
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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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Sympathy
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The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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The law has no power over heroes. – Charlotte Lennox

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power

The anti-globalisation movement is the most significant proponent of globalisation – but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. – Noam Chomsky

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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a mans spirit than when we win his heart. – Eric Hoffer

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