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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

William James
Wisdom, Philosophical, Learning

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

Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations.

William James
Teaching, Learning, Association
William James (2008). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.103, Nuvision Pubns

The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what they once knew but have forgotten, simply hold their own.

William James
Learning, Men, Sticks
William James (1961). “Psychology: The Briefer Course”, p.160, Courier Corporation

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