I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
WILLIAM JAMESMen’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
More William James Quotes
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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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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True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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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.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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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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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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