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May Quotes by William James
- Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life
- Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already exists. The two associated objects…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
- We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead…
- Nature in her unfathomable designs had mixed us of clay and flame, of brain and mind, that the two things hang indubitably together and determine…
- The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
- Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness…
- If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances…
- 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…
- We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still…
- It is as if there were in the human consciousness a sense of reality, a feeling of objective presence, a perception of what we may…
- The greatest discovery of the 19th century was not in the realm of the physical sciences, but the power of the subconscious mind touched by…
- Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each…
- 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…
- Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with…
- The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
More May Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh