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MORE QUOTES BY William James

“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”

William James

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

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”

“Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.”

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“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”

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“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

“I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying.”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

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“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”