William James Quote: The deepest principle of human nature is the...

The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

— William James

Source: To his class at Radcliffe College - 1896

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We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

— William James

Source: Vacation

First… a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it.

— William James

Source: Pragmatism - 1907

All the higher, more penetrating ideals are revolutionary.

— William James

Source: The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life - 1897

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