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William James Quotes

Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university Picture Quote #1

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits Picture Quote #1

Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none Picture Quote #1

Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom Picture Quote #1

The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds Picture Quote #1

Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way Picture Quote #1

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All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits Picture Quote #1

Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being Picture Quote #1

Habit simplifies our movements, makes them accurate, and diminishes fatigue Picture Quote #1

To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher Picture Quote #1

Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits Picture Quote #1

In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized Picture Quote #1

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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day Picture Quote #1

The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands Picture Quote #1

Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness Picture Quote #1

What the whole community comes to believe in grasps the individual as in a vise Picture Quote #1

Modern man... has not ceased to be credulous... the need to believe haunts him Picture Quote #1

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess Picture Quote #1

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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts Picture Quote #1

Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions Picture Quote #1

Impulse without reason is not enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift Picture Quote #1

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action Picture Quote #1

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way Picture Quote #1

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice Picture Quote #1

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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing Picture Quote #1

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers Picture Quote #1

A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed Picture Quote #1

Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of endless inconsistency and frustration Picture Quote #1

The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful, he must obey his impulse Picture Quote #1

If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important.... It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun Picture Quote #1

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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university (William James Quotes) Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits (William James Quotes) Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none (William James Quotes) Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom (William James Quotes) The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds (William James Quotes) Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way (William James Quotes) All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits (William James Quotes) Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being (William James Quotes) Habit simplifies our movements, makes them accurate, and diminishes fatigue (William James Quotes) To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher (William James Quotes) Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits (William James Quotes) In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized (William James Quotes) Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day (William James Quotes) The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands (William James Quotes) Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness (William James Quotes) What the whole community comes to believe in grasps the individual as in a vise (William James Quotes) Modern man... has not ceased to be credulous... the need to believe haunts him (William James Quotes) Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess (William James Quotes) The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts (William James Quotes) Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions (William James Quotes) Impulse without reason is not enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift (William James Quotes) Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action (William James Quotes) Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way (William James Quotes) When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice (William James Quotes) Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing (William James Quotes) The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers (William James Quotes) A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed (William James Quotes) Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of endless inconsistency and frustration (William James Quotes) The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful, he must obey his impulse (William James Quotes) If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important.... It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun (William James Quotes)

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