Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. -William James

 

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.


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This quote is just one of 33 total William James quotes in our collection. William James is known for saying 'Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

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When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. -William James
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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

William James
250

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

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A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind. -William James
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Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

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