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Matter Quotes by William James
- 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,…
- The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what…
- Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the…
- The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. What can be more base and unworthy than the pining, puling, mumping…
- The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
- Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is…
- No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken…
- Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
- Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or…
- If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as…
More Matter Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as… — Andrea Arnold
- I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents… — Julian Assange