"The essence of genius is to know what…" — William James

"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."

— William James

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484 Quotes by William James

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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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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn… — Richard Bach
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. — Arthur Balfour
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my… — Scott Adams
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. — William Blake
The eye altering, alters all. — William Blake

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