What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
WILLIAM JAMESWhat would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
WILLIAM JAMESFaith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
WILLIAM JAMESOur beliefs are really rules for action.
WILLIAM JAMESOur beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMESImpulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
WILLIAM JAMESOn pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
WILLIAM JAMESWisdom is learning what to overlook.
WILLIAM JAMESWe must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
WILLIAM JAMESAnything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
WILLIAM JAMESThe power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
WILLIAM JAMESNo living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
WILLIAM JAMESTime itself comes in drops.
WILLIAM JAMESMankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
WILLIAM JAMESIndividuality is founded in feeling
WILLIAM JAMESThe most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
WILLIAM JAMESThe deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
WILLIAM JAMES