Quotes By William James

Time itself comes in drops.

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

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

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

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.