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Part Quotes by William James
- The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem, the formulas of…
- If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if…
- Act the part and you will become the part.
- Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and…
- Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority.
- Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
- If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the…
- Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as…
- Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always…
- Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of…
- Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing…
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