Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
WILLIAM JAMESThe union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
More William James Quotes
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New habits can be launched.
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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