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Particular 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,…
- We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.
- Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what…
- I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which,…
- 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…
- Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
- Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This…
- The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own particular ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume…
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