The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.

But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.

Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.

The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.

But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

Learn to read and a whole new world will open up to you.

That which we want less of in society should rarely be privatized and that which we want more of often should be.

The life of an unenlightened person is filled with suffering.

There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.

We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow.

Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

Our deepest human need is not material at all. Our deepest need is to be seen.

When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.'

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

Hey, I'm like Aretha Franklin, I don't get no R -S -P -E -C -T around here!