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Whatever Quotes by William James
- There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of feeling, of desire,…
- 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
- If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances…
- We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still…
- When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain…
- Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each…
- Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is…
- Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences…
- An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
- Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
- Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upon life.
- The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons
- Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed,…
- Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is…
More Whatever Quotes
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Water uses itself to go beyond whatever it needs to go beyond. — Frederick Lenz
- On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it;… — Thomas Carlyle
- Actually, I think you have to know that whatever advice you give, they may not take it. The priority should be on… — Taylor Swift
- Hmmm. See, in this world, Xirena, the Simi does what she wants and akri, he say, ‘Okay, Simi, whatever you want, Simi.’… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your… — Rowan Atkinson