"The general law is that no mental modification……" — William James
"The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change."
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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.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
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There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
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No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
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Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
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It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
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Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
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An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…
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Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
— Arnold Bennett
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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.…
— Theodore Bikel
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'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime…
— Albert Camus
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Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be…
— Corazon Aquino
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Hardships can deprive mortals of the power to ACT. But at the same time, hardships can be the means of…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not…
— John Bunyan
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Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless…
— Rebecca West
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When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted…
— Leo Buscaglia
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EMOTION, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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