The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker can feel himself lonely, most positively furthered, and most richly fed

Quote by William James

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Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most...

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most...

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so...

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so...

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he...

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he...

Act the part and you will become the part.

Act the part and you will become the part.

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...