I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are impossible. -William James

 

I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are impossible.


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This quote is just one of 33 total William James quotes in our collection. William James is known for saying 'I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are impossible.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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

William James
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

William James
276
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. -William James
260

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.

William James
239
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
225

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James
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