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Quote by William James

“Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.”

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William James, born on January 11, 1842, and died on August 26, 1910, was an influential American philosopher, psychologist, and writer. He is considered one of the founders of functionalism in psychology and has had a profound impact on the fields of psychology, philosophy, and religion. more

“Think of the old cliché about ‘the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master.’ This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth. It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms almost always shoot themselves in: the head.”

Thinking Mind Bits Masters Terrible Adults Suicide Surface Commit Excellent Servant Firearms Lame

Author:David Foster Wallace

“When one emphasizes, as Jacques Derrida once remarked, one always overemphasizes.”

Derrida

Book:The Illusions of Postmodernism

Source: The Illusions of Postmodernism

“Few people have definitely articulated philosophies of their own. But almost everyone has his own peculiar sense of a certain total character in the universe, and of the inadequacy of fully to match it [to] the peculiar systems that he knows.”

People Knows Philosophy Character Certain Universe Peculiar Inadequacy

Book:Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)

Source: Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)

“There is great stuff waiting for you on the other side of fear.”