William James

"Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them."

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Top William James Quotes

"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."

"Time itself comes in drops."

"If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick."

"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."

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