There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
WILLIAM JAMESThere is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
WILLIAM JAMESFaith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
WILLIAM JAMESThere can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
WILLIAM JAMESIt is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
WILLIAM JAMESAll natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
WILLIAM JAMESThe deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
WILLIAM JAMESA new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
WILLIAM JAMESEach of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
WILLIAM JAMESIn all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
WILLIAM JAMESA man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
WILLIAM JAMESTruth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
WILLIAM JAMESThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
WILLIAM JAMESOur beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMESOn pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
WILLIAM JAMESEverybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
WILLIAM JAMESNo one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
WILLIAM JAMES