Quotes William James

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we ...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until ...

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) ...

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate b...

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one facto...

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of suprem...

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thi...

Wisdom is learning what to overlook....

A new position of responsibility will usually show a m...

Most people never run far enough on their first wind t...

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving t...

Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It doe...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a h...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a huma...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the...

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving t...

We have grown literally afraid to be poor.  We de...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated class...

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that...

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an unco...

To change one's life:  Start immediately.  D...

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to ov...

Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It doe...