Adequacy quotes

Adequacy

18 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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William James
William James Philosopher, Psychologist

"The pragmatist turns away from abstraction and insufficiency, from verbal solutions, from bad a priori reasons, from fixed principles, closed systems, and pretended absolutes and origins. He turns toward concreteness and adequacy, towards facts, towards action, and towards power."

Susan Cain
Susan Cain Author, Speaker

"Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor anxious, and you don't question your own adequacy. Hours pass without your noticing."

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