black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.

William James

All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
WILLIAM JAMES

Contradiction Happiness Natural
Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
WILLIAM JAMES

Men Small Rooms Thinking
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
WILLIAM JAMES

Growth Men Years
Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
WILLIAM JAMES

Boiling Experience Over Way
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
WILLIAM JAMES

Political Volunteer War
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
WILLIAM JAMES

Country Teacher Teaching
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
WILLIAM JAMES

Dog Littles Writing
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
WILLIAM JAMES

Expectations Long Zest
We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
WILLIAM JAMES

Islands Roots Sea Underground
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
WILLIAM JAMES

Attitude Changing Men
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
WILLIAM JAMES

Men Responsibility Stronger
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
WILLIAM JAMES

Facts Knowledge Science
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
WILLIAM JAMES

Demanded Everything Facts
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
WILLIAM JAMES

Evil Prove Ruling
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
WILLIAM JAMES

Attempt Failure Humiliation No
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspirational Positive Success

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More William James Quotes