Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
WILLIAM JAMESMen’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
WILLIAM JAMESOur beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMES[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
WILLIAM JAMESTrue ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
WILLIAM JAMESI myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
WILLIAM JAMESThe great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
WILLIAM JAMESThe deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
WILLIAM JAMESWe are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
WILLIAM JAMESFacts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
WILLIAM JAMESI don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
WILLIAM JAMESSince you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
WILLIAM JAMESThe impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
WILLIAM JAMESTruth happens to an idea
WILLIAM JAMESReligion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
WILLIAM JAMESLanguage is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
WILLIAM JAMESWhen thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
WILLIAM JAMES