The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
WILLIAM JAMESThe most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
WILLIAM JAMESMost people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
WILLIAM JAMESThere is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
WILLIAM JAMESThere can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
WILLIAM JAMESNo bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
WILLIAM JAMESMost men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
WILLIAM JAMESAll natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
WILLIAM JAMESTo neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
WILLIAM JAMESThe lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
WILLIAM JAMESI myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
WILLIAM JAMESDemocracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
WILLIAM JAMESEverything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
WILLIAM JAMESBut facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
WILLIAM JAMESNo living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
WILLIAM JAMESOur beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMESThe sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
WILLIAM JAMES