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William James50 quotes“In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.”
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
William JamesWilliam James Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
William JamesWilliam James Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
William JamesWilliam James Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
William JamesWilliam James We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
William JamesWilliam James As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
William JamesWilliam James Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
William JamesWilliam James We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
William JamesWilliam James If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
William JamesWilliam James The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
William JamesWilliam James Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
William JamesWilliam James Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
William JamesWilliam James With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
William JamesWilliam James Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
William JamesWilliam James Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
William JamesWilliam James If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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It’s really seeing student involvement … as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.
Adam FletcherAdam Fletcher To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha …knowledge is the cause of human progress.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount, this fundamental concern is carried forward.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha What the head thinks, should be examined critically in the heart and this right decision should be carried out by the hands. This should be the primary product of the educational process.
Sai BabaSai Baba Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
SaadiSaadi Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes – that’s what it is, as an actor.
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