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William James Quotes about Education

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The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.

The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.

William James
Education, Enemy, Allies
William James (2012). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.122, Courier Corporation

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

William James
Education, Teacher, Learning
William James (2012). “Psychology: The Briefer Course”, p.167, Courier Corporation

Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working-day, he may safely leave the result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation.

William James
Inspirational, Education, Morning
William James (2012). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.127, Courier Corporation

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

William James
Education, Philosophical, Carpe Diem

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist.

William James
Education, World, Consciousness
William James (2015). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.497, Booklassic

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