Home / Quotes / Quote by William James

Quote by William James

“Don't preach too much to your pupils or abound in good talk in the abstract. Lie in wait rather for the practical opportunities, be prompt to seize those as they pass, and thus at one operation get your pupils both to think, to feel, and to do.”

Quote by William James

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Work

Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

This book compiles lectures that delve into psychological principles and explore fundamental life values, intended for both teachers and students to enhance their understanding and application of these concepts in their respective roles. more

Author

William James, born on January 11, 1842, and died on August 26, 1910, was an influential American philosopher, psychologist, and writer. He is considered one of the founders of functionalism in psychology and has had a profound impact on the fields of psychology, philosophy, and religion. more

You May Also Like

“Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.”

Two Reason Habit Difficulty

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“New habits can be launched.”

Habit New Habits

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“We are mere bundles of habits.”

Habit Mere Bundles

Author:William James

“I am here to help you unburden all your guilt feelings. I am here to help you to start trusting yourself again. Once you start trusting your own being, no politician, no priest can exploit you. Man is always exploited through fear.”

Men Helping Feelings Politician Guilt Priests Exploits Guilt Feelings

Author:Rajneesh

“I am utterly against any kind of guilt. Remember it always: if you start feeling guilty about something around me, then you are doing it on your own, then you are still carrying the voices of your parents, the priests within you; you have not yet heard me, you have not yet listened to me. I want you to be totally free of all guilt.”

Ifs Want Kind Stills Feelings Remember Parent Voice Heard Guilt Guilty Priests Within You I Want You Feeling Guilty

Author:Rajneesh

“Parents create guilt. That is the greatest sin against humanity. To create guilt in a child is criminal because once the guilt is created, the child will never be free of it. Unless he is very intelligent it will be impossible for him to get rid of it; something of it will remain around him like a hangover.”

Children Humanity Parent Sin Impossible Intelligent Guilt Criminals Hangover

Author:Rajneesh

“When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.”

Way Firsts Different Lasts Bird Shots Flying Different Ways Sensations Hunting Bird Flying Duck Hunting

Book:Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

Source: Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

“Your politicians, priests, parents, they all are guilt-creators, because that is the only way that you can be controlled and manipulated. A very simple, but very cunning trick to manipulate you. They have condemned you, because if you are accepted, not condemned - loved, appreciated, and if it is relayed to you from everywhere that you are okay - then it will be difficult to control you. How to control a person who is absolutely okay? The very problem doesn`t arise.”

Ifs Way Persons Problem Parent Difficult Simple Politician Okay Guilt Creator Accepted Tricks Arise Priests Controlled Appreciated Cunning Manipulate

Author:Rajneesh

“Guilt simply says that you are a sinner. And the feeling of shame simply shows you that you need not be a sinner, that you are meant to be a saint. If you are a sinner it is only because of your unconsciousness; you are not a sinner because the society follows a certain morality and you are not following it.”

Ifs Needs Shows Feelings Certain Morality Shame Guilt Saint Following Sinner Meant To Be Unconsciousness

Author:Rajneesh

“This has to be your first lesson in sannyas: accept yourself, love yourself, drop all guilt, don`t divide yourself. There is nothing higher, nothing lower; all of you is divine. The lowest is as divine as the highest.”

Firsts Accepting Love You Divine Self Love Higher Lessons Highest Guilt Divides Love Yourself Lowest Accepting Yourself

Author:Rajneesh