William James Quotes
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The concrete man has but one interest - to be right. That to him is the art of all arts, and all means are fair which help him to it.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
[Self Acceptance]
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The difference between a good man and a bad man is the choice of cause.
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The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
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The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.
[Success]
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The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.
[Prayer]
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The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere with ours.
[Friendship]
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The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgement passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
[God]
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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
[Life]
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
[Positive]
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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
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The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
[Goals]
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
[Against]
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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.
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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature.
[Property]
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