What did William James mean by: A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA Copy
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Facts, Memory, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
a man does not cry because he is sad, he is sad because he cries Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Emotion, Perception, Reaction, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Discernment, Prioritization, Wisdom, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Control, Morality, Power, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Perception, Potential, Power, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Awareness, Isolation, Limitation, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
+ If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Author, July 24, 2023January 2, 2025, William James, Behavior, Confidence, Mindset, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Pain, Ugliness, Unhappiness, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
In life learn art, in the artwork learn life. If you see the one correctly you see the other also. Friedrich Holderlin
