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«He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Opportunity
| Keywords:
embrace, failed, loses, prize, prizing, refuses, surely, The Prize, unique
«Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
bodily, circle, consciousness, finger, general, get into, intellectually, in general, morally, moving, organism, organisms, physically, potential, resources, restrict, restricted, restricting, restricts, Small circle, using
«The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Genius
| Keywords:
essence, overlook, overlooking, overlooks
«Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Common sense,
Sense of humor
| Keywords:
sense of humor, speeds
«Emotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt, fear, remorse, or anger can seize upon one are known to everybody. . . . And emotions that come in this explosive way seldom leave things as they found them.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
come in, emotional, explosive, explosives, extremely, guilt, jealousy, occasions, potent, precipitate, precipitated, precipitates, precipitating, remorse, seize, sudden, Sudden Fear, violent
«Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
addition, additions, Care of, genuinely, goods, high-powered, indifferent, inward, in addition, let go, particular, relief, renounces, renouncing, resign, resigning, resigns, sincerely
«Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Belief,
Success
| Keywords:
assures, assuring, belief, doubtful, outcome, outcomes, successful, undertaking, undertook, venture, ventured, venturing
«The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Ideas
| Keywords:
gained, practically, twenty, Twenty Five
«Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Overcoming
| Keywords:
acceptance, consequences, first step, misfortune, overcoming
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