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Volitional Quotes by William James
- Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several…
- There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the…
More Volitional Quotes
- ...an idea is no more an even relatively constant thing than is a feeling or emotion or volitional process. There exist only… — Wilhelm Wundt
- An animal is equipped for sustaining its life; its senses provide it with an automatic code of action, an automatic knowledge of… — Ayn Rand
- Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling… — William James
- For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of… — William James
- No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it ... Peace is a consciousness of… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
- The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of… — Abraham Maslow
- Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. — M. Scott Peck