"Genius, in truth, means little more than the……" — William James

"Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way"

— William James

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484 Quotes by William James

William James has 484 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…

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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us… — Teresa of Avila
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen… — Francis Bacon
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as… — Frederic Bastiat
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. — Henry Ward Beecher
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has… — Joseph Addison
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. — Henri Bergson
Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and… — Henri Bergson
The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and… — Annie Besant
As a man may be born with a mathematical faculty, and by training that faculty year after year may immensely… — Annie Besant
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. — Hugh Blair
I want to have all of my faculties. — Jeff Bridges
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory… — William F. Buckley, Jr.

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