Quote by William James
Individuality is founded in feeling and the recesses of feeling, t

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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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. – William James

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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out. – Abu Bakr

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I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. – Angela Davis

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Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger. – Bill Cosby

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To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain. – Louis LAmour

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