"The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's…" — William James
"The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature."
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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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I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the…
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
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The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In…
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the…
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The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for…
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Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.
— Charles Baudelaire
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The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.
— Rob Bell
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It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due…
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So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place.…
— George W. Bush
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It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop…
— David Byrne
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