William James Quotes

11 quotes by 7 authors

• William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but… — Bertrand Russell
• I am also greatly indebted to Bergson, William James, and John Dewey. One of my preoccupations has been to rescue their type of thought from… — Alfred North Whitehead
• PICARD: There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy. WESLEY: But William James won't be in my Starfleet exams. PICARD: The important things… — Gene Roddenberry
• William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity. — Stanley Hauerwas
• When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William… — Howard Mumford Jones
• Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William James — William James
• This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it. --William James — William James
• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. --William James — William James
• Belief creates the actual fact. --William James — William James
• Coleridge observes that all men are born Aristotelians or Platonists. The latter feel that classes, orders, and genres arerealities; the former, that theyare generalizations. For… — Jorge Luis Borges

Who Wrote These William James Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 11 William James Quotes as follows:

• 4 William James Quotes by William James
• 1 William James Quote by Bertrand Russell
• 1 William James Quote by Alfred North Whitehead
• 1 William James Quote by Gene Roddenberry
• 1 William James Quote by Stanley Hauerwas
• 1 William James Quote by Howard Mumford Jones
• 1 William James Quote by Jorge Luis Borges