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Biography - William James:

American philosopher and psychologist.
Born: 1842 - Died: 1910
Place of birth: United States
United States

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.



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French
N'ayez pas peur de la vie. Croyez que la vie vaut la peine d'être vécue et votre croyance contribuera à créer le fait.




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Quotes for: life


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Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: fact


Quotes

Quotes for: fact


What's done cannot be undone.





It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.





To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.





The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.





The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.





When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: What are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.











Quotes for: fear


Quotes

Quotes about fear:


To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.





Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.





Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.





Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.





Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.











Quotes

William James also said...


Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.





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.





An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.





My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.












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