"Life shall be built in doing and suffering…" — William James

"Life shall be built in doing and suffering and creating."

— 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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Canada was built on dead beavers. — Margaret Atwood
A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. — Margaret Atwood
You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it. — Margaret Atwood
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise… — Sai Baba
There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that… — Ibrahim Babangida
Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. — Francis Bacon
But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit… — Christian Bale
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is… — Ansel Adams
We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where… — Afrika Bambaataa
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all… — Amelia Barr
As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family… — Gary Bauer

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