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- “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James
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Mar 27, 2024 · Often (mis)quoted as: "We are like islands in the sea; separate on the surface but connected in the deep", or: "Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest, which co-mingle their roots in the darkness underground."
In this essay, published in the American Magazine in October, 1909, James wrote: “Out of my experience, such as it is (and it is limited enough) one fixed conclusion dogmatically emerges, and that is this, that we with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest.
Aug 29, 2015 · “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James tags: connection , friendship , sea
… we with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves […] But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean’s bottom. Just so there is a continuum of cosmic
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- “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ” ― William James.
- “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” ― William James.
- “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James.
- “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” ― William James.
Aug 13, 2020 · Good News Network. - Aug 13, 2020. Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest WhatsApp Share. Quote of the Day: “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” –...
May 11, 2018 · I came across a quote by philosopher William James that I found both profound and visual, “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
