Quote by William James
The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterfer

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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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. – William James

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James

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Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. – Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom, 1941

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Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. – Benjamin Franklin

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Oh, one world at a time! – Henry David Thoreau, when asked about afterlife

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I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men. – Bernard M. Baruch

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If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. – Maurice Chevalier

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My parents separated when I was four. It wasnt the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you cant have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce. – Sophie Ellis Bextor

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Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it. – Mehmet Oz

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All art requires courage. – Anne Tucker

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