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

It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words.

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.

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

Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.

What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy

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