There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
WILLIAM JAMESWe are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
More William James Quotes
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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