The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
WJ
William JamesThe Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
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)
- 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)
- My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing.The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
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- Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul.Walt Whitman
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