“ Displaying Warmth and Empathy Warmth means showing that you care about another person. Empathy is the capacity to share another person’s… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“We would do well to remember that the great pragmatist William James dedicated his extraordinarily wide-ranging Varieties of Religious Experience to none… — Bart Schultz Copy Share Image
I am also greatly indebted to Bergson, William James, and John Dewey. One of my preoccupations has been to rescue their type… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The essence of education is, in the words of William James, to teach a person what deserves to be valued, to impart… — William J. Bennett Copy Share Image
William James once made an acute point about the relationship between happiness and expectation. He argued that satisfaction with ourselves does not… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Two months after marching through Boston, half the regiment was dead; at the dedication, William James could almost hear the bronze Negroes… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
“In Varieties of Religious Experience, William James says that for an experience to be visionary or ecstatic it must be passive (that… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“He pulled out a thick black volume. "You've never read this, for example." The Savage took it. "The Holy Bible, containing the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Damasio has produced an influential theory about emotion-laden decision making, rooted in the philosophies of Hume and William James; this will soon… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“William James, in his “Talks to Teachers,” derided that “ceaseless frenzy” in which we always feel that we “should be doing something… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“William James used to preach the “will to believe.” For my part, I should wish to preach the “will to doubt.” None… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“William James used to preach the 'will to believe.' For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will to doubt' ...… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than… — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity. — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“...I have read but little of Madame Glyn. I did not know that things like "It" were going on. I have misspent… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“The Poet" The riches of the poet are equal to his poetry His power is his left hand It is idle weak… — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Many of the principles Dale Carnegie writes about in How to Win Friends and Influence People apply directly to communication. Keep the… — Dale Carnegie Training Copy Share Image
“Our great American philosopher William James has said - "We have as many personalities as there are people who know us." To… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The first step is simply to accept the change as a reality. Acceptance is the opposite of rejection or resistance. Acceptance keeps… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“William James wrote (in Principles of Psychology in 1890): "In youth we may have an absolutely new experience, subjective or objective, every… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. —William James, The Principles of Psychology” — Bessel A. van der Kolk Copy Share Image
“Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their life. —William James” — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
“Next Day Moving from Cheer to Joy, from Joy to All, I take a box And add it to my wild rice,… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
