The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.

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.

Adapt or die. It was savagely simple." -- CelesteALL LIGHT WILL FALL

Perhaps one day I will be fortunate enough to be upset over how I misunderstood I am. A girl can dream.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

As a struggling actor, youre not looking for parts that define you; youre just looking for work.

I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.

If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse.

For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place.

United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.

I believe in nothing.