The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. WILLIAM JAMES MathPassionUnion
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found? WILLIAM JAMES DreamPlayScience
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it. WILLIAM JAMES LyingMisunderstoodStatistics
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. WILLIAM JAMES CommunityFriendshipSympathy
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny. WILLIAM JAMES DestinyMenTree
Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming. WILLIAM JAMES BecomingGoneInstant
The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave. WILLIAM JAMES FirstsLecturePsychology
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated. WILLIAM JAMES AppreciatedHuman NaturePrinciples
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk. WILLIAM JAMES NaturalPoliticalPolitics
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. WILLIAM JAMES CleverMotivationalProcrastination
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. WILLIAM JAMES InspirationalMotivationalPositive
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole. WILLIAM JAMES ConsciousnessMysticOpinion
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. WILLIAM JAMES IndividualMenSelf
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours. WILLIAM JAMES AnythingFirmlyImaginationMay
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized. WILLIAM JAMES EducationalPhilosophySchool
You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about. WILLIAM JAMES AnythingDreamEverythingMay
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate. WILLIAM JAMES BestCute FriendshipFriendQuality
The education of attention would be an education par excellence WILLIAM JAMES AttentionEducationExcellence
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires. WILLIAM JAMES InspireMeanTruth
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible. WILLIAM JAMES EthicsPhilosophicalQuality
