Quote by William James
Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place

Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. – William James

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Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. – William James

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Vacations
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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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Reality
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. – William James

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The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. – David Bohm

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The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them. – Steven Seagal

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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. – Abigail Adams

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Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge. – John Charles Polanyi

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The only victories that have ever stuck were spiritual. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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