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

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

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Life
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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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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. – William James

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What a blessing it is to be alone with your thoughts when so many are alone with their inability to think. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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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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Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke

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We use 10% of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60%. – Ellen Degeneres

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Life is very nice, but it lacks form. Its the aim of art to give it some. – Jean Anouilh

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