"This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude."

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Source : "The Thought and Character of William James, Volume 1". Book by Ralph Barton Perry, 1935.

Ralph Barton Perry

#Gratitude Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Motive Quotes

“Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.”
“Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later you most likely have to kill it. Every painting wants to live. You want to build and bring this type of painting to the climax. When it's at the highest point, you want more. And then if you want more, you might destroy it. So you take a chance.”
“I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.”

Source : "Kim Clijsters: 'Me and Dad had this thing about the number one'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2012.
“The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.”
“The specific patterns, out of which a building or a town is made may be alive or dead. To the extent they are alive, they let our inner forces loose, and, set us free; but when they are dead they keep us locked in inner conflict.”

Source : Christopher Alexander (1979). “The Timeless Way of Building”, p.10, New York : Oxford University Press
“Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable.”
“I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.”
“There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the destructive power of modern weapons eliminates even the possibility that war may serve as a negative good.”

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