All William James Quotes
- The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. Attitude
- A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last. Difficulties
- Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do. Act
- Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world. Effects
- If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. Appreciation
- We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate. All
- Act the part and you will become the part. Act
- The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there. Act
- 'Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it. Bounds
- Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not. Assuredly
- First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be… Absurd
- We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead… Abstracting
- The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… Act
- The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself. Attention
- When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of its allusions and… Allusion
- Nature in her unfathomable designs had mixed us of clay and flame, of brain and mind, that the two things hang indubitably together and determine… Brain
- My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. Act
- Lets take full advantage of this discovery Advantage
- The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation. Appreciation
- A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed. Creature