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Practicals 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
- All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
- From the Vedas we learn a practical art of surgery, medicine, music, house building under which mechanized art is included. They are encyclopedia of every…
- You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
- In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.
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