All William James Quotes
- Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits. Connected
- In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized. All
- The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's,… Art
- Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets… Better
- In all this process of acquiring conceptions, a certain instinctive order is followed. There is a native tendency to assimilate certain kinds of conception at… Acquiring
- Feed the growing human being, feed him with the sort of experience for which from year to year he shows a natural craving, and he… Adult
- The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… Assails
- Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field… Complex
- You perceive now, my friends, what your general or abstract duty is as teachers. Although you have to generate in your pupils a large stock… Abstract
- Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several… Action
- The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and… Able
- Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain… Act
- Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. All
- So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young… Begin
- It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. Cultivate
- If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually or suddenly, it… Certain
- Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom. Bondage
- Events are influenced by our very great desires. Desire
- The more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and not that we cry, strike, or tremble because… Afraid
- There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see. Bring