The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
WILLIAM JAMESThe deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
WILLIAM JAMESOur intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
WILLIAM JAMESSuccess plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
WILLIAM JAMESFocus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
WILLIAM JAMESOur beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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 JAMESOur faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
WILLIAM JAMESTruth happens to an idea
WILLIAM JAMESIt is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
WILLIAM JAMESWhen thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
WILLIAM JAMESYou may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
WILLIAM JAMESTo some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
WILLIAM JAMESTo neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
WILLIAM JAMESIf you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
WILLIAM JAMESThe first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
WILLIAM JAMESHabit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
WILLIAM JAMES