Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
WJ
William JamesThe Principles of Psychology (1890)
About William James
American philosopher and psychologist, author of The Principles of Psychology. (1842-1910)
More from William James
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.Letter to Helen Keller (1908)
- The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
- There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 4
- Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.Letter to Carl Stumpf (1886)
- Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.'Is Life Worth Living?', The Will to Believe (1897)
- Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.Quoted in Ralph Barton Perry, The Thought and Character of William James (1935)
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- The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.Albert Einstein
- Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.Albert Einstein
- A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.Albert Einstein
- Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem, in my opinion, to characterize our age.Albert Einstein
- I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait 'till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.Isaac Newton
- Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.Marie Curie
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