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

Other quotes by William James

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. – William James

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Dancing
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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. – William James

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Hell
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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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One cannot think crooked and walk straight. – Author Unknown

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Søren Kierkegaard

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Physiological response to thinking and to pain is the same; and man is not given to hurting himself. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The mind is what it thinks. To make it true, think true. – Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Cynicism is humor in ill health. – H. G. Wells

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Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. – Maureen Dowd

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Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. – Ralph W. Sockman

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Doctors confuse color and chemistry. The white meat of chicken is therefore the essence of a light diet and dark meat is poison. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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