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«For him who confesses, shams are over and realities have begun; he has exteriorized his rottenness. If he has not actually got rid of it, he at least no longer smears it over with a hypocritical show of virtue -- he lives at least upon a basis of veracity.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
confesses, hypocritical, realities, rottenness, shams, smear, smeared, smearing, smears, veracity
«To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
constructions, empiricism, exclude, radical
«Free Will does not say that everything that is physically conceivable is also morally possible. It merely says that of alternatives that really tempt our will more than one is really possible.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
alternatives, conceivable, free will, morally, physically, tempt
«So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community.»
«Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
application, application form, associations, cram, crammed, cramming, crams, intense, ordeal, ordeals, stamp
«Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soulNone is more gladdening or fruitful than to knowYou can regenerate and make yourself what you will.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
fruitful, gladden, gladdening, gladdens, pertain, pertaining, pertains, regenerate, regenerated, regenerates, regenerating
«Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.»
«Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our mental and physical resources.»
«I will act as if what I do makes a difference.»
«If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.»
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