Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
WILLIAM JAMESIt is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
More William James Quotes
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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