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«The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Education
| Keywords:
drift, drifted, persuade, worlds
«An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: 'There is very little difference between one man and another, but what there is is very important»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
acquaintance, carpenter, hearing, IS IS, The Carpenters, unlearned
«The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.»
«The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
Characters in, endured, hereafter, make for, theology
«If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
at will, eternally, gained, Private Lives, theatricals, withdraw
«We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the acquisition of a new habit, we must take car to launch ourselves with as strong and decided initiative as possible. Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
acquisition, as many, automatic, decided, exception, habitual, initiative, launch, occur, rooted, securely
«The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.»
«The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man's thoughts and another's.»
«When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
concepts, reconstruct, reconstructing, wholeness
«The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
As If, cheerfully, cheerfulness, path, sit, The Path
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