Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in …

William James
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Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ✨ William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). James and Dewey on Belief and Experience, p.120, University of Illinois Press
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being. ✨ William James (1985). The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.256, Harvard University Press
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No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody. ✨ William James, Robert D Richardson (2010). The Heart of William James, p.139, Harvard University Press

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ✨ William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). James and Dewey on Belief and Experience, p.120, University of Illinois Press

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