Quote by William James
Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without be

Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James

Other quotes by William James

The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. – William James

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Miscellaneous
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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. – William James

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Hell
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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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Experience
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Other Quotes from
Emotions
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The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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Emotions

Melancholic madness strapped to your chest and you have no way of releasing the fear. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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Emotions

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam. – G. K. Chesterton

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Emotions

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. – Mark Twain

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Emotions

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This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first. – Brad Henry

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