Expectations Quote by Samuel Alexander

“Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.”

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For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or…

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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future…

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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

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Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.

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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.

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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act…

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Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to…

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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical…

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You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not…

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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.

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Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation.... There are going to be priorities and dimensions of…

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My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had…

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I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation…

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I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'm not let down.

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When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.

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Keeping up with everybody's expectation is soooo hard!

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I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

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We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize…

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“Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.”

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Jesus' kingdom was not like the popular expectation. He used the phrase 'kingdom of God' with a different meaning. His kingdom was not of…

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Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities.

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It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

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