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First Act Quotes by William James
- 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…
- My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.
More First Act Quotes
- Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first… — Jean Cocteau
- The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing. — Jean Toomer
- Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should… — William James
- The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience. — Henryk Skolimowski
- If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein
- My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. — William James
- In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in. — Joyce Van Patten
- If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last. — Anton Chekhov