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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[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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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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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. – Lord Chesterfield

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Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft – not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge – and many people go to Bible studies and dont realize it isnt enough to know whats right, its applying the information and the knowledge that you have. – Charles Stanley

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There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. – Bertrand Russell

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More than any other setting – more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel – Ill put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue. – Joyce Maynard

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