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> [The prescription is that the subject must be made to show new aspects of itself; to prompt new questions; in a word,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-prescription-is-that-the-subject-must-be-made-to-show-new-aspects/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-emotions-aren-t-always-immediately-subject-to-reason-but-they-are/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the 'pure' experience. It is only virtually or potentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-instant-field-of-the-present-is-at-all-times-what-i-call-the-pure/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/there-is-no-more-miserable-human-being-than-one-in-whom-nothing-is/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/when-two-minds-of-a-high-order-interested-in-kindred-subjects-come/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [In teaching, you must simply work your pupil into such a state of interest in what you are going to teach him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/in-teaching-you-must-simply-work-your-pupil-into-such-a-state-of/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples. If it be unfamiliar, trace some point of analogy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/if-the-topic-be-highly-abstract-show-its-nature-by-concrete-examples-2/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [The "through-and-through" universe seems to suffocate me with its infallible impeccable all-pervasiveness. Its necessity , with no possibilities; its relations, with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-through-and-through-universe-seems-to-suffocate-me-with-its/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/if-the-topic-be-highly-abstract-show-its-nature-by-concrete-examples/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [“However inadequate our ideas of causal efficacy may be, we are less wide of the mark when we say that our ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/however-inadequate-our-ideas-of-causal-efficacy-may-be-we-are-less/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [You can be an artist without visual images, a reader without eyes, a mass of erudition with a bad elementary memory. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/you-can-be-an-artist-without-visual-images-a-reader-without-eyes-a/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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## Other authors on Subjects

## More by William James

> [Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/effort-is-the-one-strictly-undervalued-and-original-contribution-we/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And whenever we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/we-are-all-potentially-such-sick-men-the-sanest-and-best-of-us-are-of/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [In the dim background of our mind we know meanwhile what we ought to be doing: getting up, dressing ourselves, answering the person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/in-the-dim-background-of-our-mind-we-know-meanwhile-what-we-ought-to/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/our-minds-thus-grow-in-spots-and-like-grease-spots-the-spots-spread/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/circumstance-does-not-make-me-it-reveals-me/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> ['Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/facts-are-the-bounds-of-human-knowledge-set-for-it-not-by-it/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [Woe to him whose beliefs play fast and loose with the order which realities follow in his experience; they will lead him nowhere or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/woe-to-him-whose-beliefs-play-fast-and-loose-with-the-order-which/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/we-never-fully-grasp-the-import-of-any-true-statement-until-we-have-a/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [It is your friends who make your world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/it-is-your-friends-who-make-your-world/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/human-beings-can-alter-their-lives-by-altering-their-attitudes-of-mind/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/most-people-probably-are-in-doubt-about-certain-matters-ascribed-to/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [“How soon, indeed, are human things forgotten! As we meet here this morning, the Southern sun is shining on their place of burial, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/how-soon-indeed-are-human-things-forgotten-as-we-meet-here-this/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/there-can-be-no-difference-anywhere-that-does-not-make-a-difference/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/it-is-wrong-always-everywhere-and-for-everyone-to-believe-anything/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

> [The pragmatist turns away from abstraction and insufficiency, from verbal solutions, from bad a priori reasons, from fixed principles, closed systems, and pretended absolutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-pragmatist-turns-away-from-abstraction-and-insufficiency-from/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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                        "text": "“However inadequate our ideas of causal efficacy may be, we are less wide of the mark when we say that our ideas and feelings have it, than the Automatists are when they say they haven’t it. As in the night all cats are gray, so in the darkness of metaphysical criticism all causes are obscure. But one has no right to pull the pall over the psychic half of the subject only . . . whilst in the same breath one dogmatizes about material causation as if Hume, Kant, and Lotze had never been born.”",
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