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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There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the...

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the...

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

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.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always...

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always...