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Should Quotes by William James
- The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's,…
- Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain…
- Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible…
- No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely…
- If I should throw down a thousand beans at random upon a table, I could doubtless, by eliminating a sufficient number of them, leave the…
- The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which…
- We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given why we should…
- Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or…
- Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment…
- Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
- It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off…
- Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I…
- Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered…
- Or if the hypothesis were offered us of a world in which Messrs. Fourier's and Bellamy's and Morris's Utopias should all be outdone, and millions…
More Should Quotes
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour