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William James Quotes
«When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Decision,
Execution
| Keywords:
execution, order of the day, outcome, The Order
«Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
bargain, bargaining, beasts, biologically, considered, formidable, in the bargain, one species, prey, preyed, preying, preys, species, systematically, The Bargain
«We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Friends,
Tolerance
| Keywords:
ass, particular, tolerate
«The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Civilization,
Poverty
| Keywords:
classes, prevalent, suffers
«The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
criticisms, crushed, faculties, mystical, sober, stimulate, sway, unquestionably
«The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Mathematics,
Poets
| Keywords:
correctness, fervor, ideal, surely, the union, union
«If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important. . . . It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
bloodthirstiness, eradicate, eradicating, fittest, hunt, prey, primitive, promised, rivals, survival of the fittest