William James

Date of Birth:

11-Jan-1842

Nationality:

United States

Profession:

Philosopher

Known as the "Father of American Psychiatry,". William James was a philosopher, psychologist and leading thinker of the 19th and early 20th centuries. After finishing medical school, James concentrated on the human psyche, and wrote a work of art that required this article, entitled The Ideology of Psychology. James aspired to become a musician or scientist. He learned to paint with Morris Hunt when the family settled in Newport, Rhode Island, about 1858, but eventually chose a unique path of his life. In 1861, James enrolled at the Lawrence Science School, where he studied subjects such as chemistry and physiology. In 1878 James married with Alice Howe Gibbens and have five children together namely Margaret Mary, Herman, William, Henry, and Alexander. James was devastated when he and his wife lost their son Herman to cough problems at the age of 2. He was later known for the legal section. He died of coronary failure on August 26, 1910.

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William James

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QUOTES BY William James

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”

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

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

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.”

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”

“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.”

“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.”

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

“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”