Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.
WJ
William JamesQuoted in Ralph Barton Perry, The Thought and Character of William James (1935)
About William James
American philosopher and psychologist, author of The Principles of Psychology. (1842-1910)
More from William James
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.Letter to Helen Keller (1908)
- The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
- There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 4
- Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.Letter to Carl Stumpf (1886)
- Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.'Is Life Worth Living?', The Will to Believe (1897)
- My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing.The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
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- Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.Leonardo da Vinci
- Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.Benjamin Franklin
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.Aristotle
- When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.Aristotle
- A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.Aristotle
- When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
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