"To know one thing thoroughly would be..." - Quote by William James
To know one thing thoroughly would be to know the universe.
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“I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather do I fear to lose truth by this pretension to possess it already wholly.”
“I do not hesitate to read. all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable-any real insight or broad human sentiment.”
“I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way .”
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“Consider frequently the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For things are somehow implicated with one another, and all in a way friendly to one another.”
“Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty.”
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.”