The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful he must obey his impulse.

William James
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  1. In the name of being social, we learn to ignore our natural instinct. Society keeps dictating do's and don'ts which we keep obeying day in and day out. - Chitralekha Paul

  2. I would advise a stupid woman always to follow her hsuband - however, a smart woman should rely on her own instincts. - Peter Prange

  3. There are many paths beyond the rules of limited thinking. Trust your instincts! - Bryant McGill

  4. Love alters all. Unblood my instinct, love. - Theodore Roethke

  5. Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else's. - Billy Wilder

More Quotes By William James
  1. The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.

  2. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

  3. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

  4. Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true, " it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if...

  5. See the exquisite contrast of the types of mind! The pragmatist clings to facts and concreteness, observes truth at its work in particular cases, and generalises. Truth, for him, becomes a class-name for all sorts of definite working-values in experience. For the rationalist it remains...

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