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William James on Birthday

1842–1910 United States

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Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.

The Thought and Character of William James (1935)

It makes a tremendous emotional and practical difference to one whether one accepts the universe in the drab discolored way of stoic resignation to necessity, or with the passionate happiness of Christian saints.

The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

I merely point out to you that, as a matter of fact, certain persons do exist with an enormous capacity for friendship and for taking delight in other people's lives; and that such person know more of truth than if their hearts were not so big.

Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals (1911)

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