"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power." — William James

"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."

— 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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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. — Margaret Atwood
I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you… — Erykah Badu
When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation. — Abu Bakr
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way. — Hosea Ballou
It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he… — Honore de Balzac
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake
Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you… — Michael Bloomberg
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic… — Andrea Bocelli
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block… — Hal Borland
I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to… — Anthony Bourdain
The roughest road often leads to the top. — Christina Aguilera

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