"We are like islands in the sea, separate……" — William James

"We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep."

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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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me… — James A. Baldwin
The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. — Benjamin Banneker
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government… — John Quincy Adams
It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior… — Melody Beattie
I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger,… — Brendan Behan
Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general… — Pope Benedict XVI
I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get… — Amber Benson
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is… — John Berger
The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter,… — Annie Besant
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to… — Harry Browne
As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more… — Sandra Bullock
Y'know, every relationship is different. There are good marriages, bad marriages, connected partners, unconnected partners. — Sandra Bullock

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