Quote by William James
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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Happiness
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Individuality is founded in feeling and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. – William James

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work
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One often calms ones grief by recounting it. – Pierre Corneille

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The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. – Goldwin Smith

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Sympathy is something that shouldnt be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. – Bob Feller

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Its no good being nice and young and naive. Theres no good in that at all. Youve got to do it all yourself, and youve gotta learn quick. And you cant look for sympathy either. – Johnny Rotten

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Renown? Ive already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt. – Jean Rostand

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Substance is not enough, accident is also required. – Italian Proverb

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I didnt go to university. Didnt even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. – Terry Prachett

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Its not like Im this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at home. – Heidi Klum

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