"We must not just patch and tinker with……" — William James
"We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness."
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484 Quotes by William James
William James has 484 quotes on this site.
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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 know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's…
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be…
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The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion…
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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the…
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Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as…
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There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.
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I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the…
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall…
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Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure…
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False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation…
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