William James Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910
Birthday: January 11
Death: August 26
The prescription is that the subject must be made to show new aspects of itself; to prompt new questions; in a word, to change. From an unchanging subject the attention inevitably wanders away.
source: William James (1983). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.68, Harvard University Press
topic: Attention, Unchanging, Made, Prompts
