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JAMES, WILLIAM : We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves ... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as he/she sees him/herself; each one as the other sees him/her; and each person as he/she really is. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

JAMES, WILLIAM : The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who has been labeled the Father of American psychology,” 1842-1910)