William James Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

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Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!

William James

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

William James

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

William James

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

William James

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.

William James

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

William James

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.

William James

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

William James

Truth is what works.

William James

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

William James

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

William James

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

William James

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

William James

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

William James

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

William James

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