Man lives for science as well as bread. – William James
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. – William James
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it. – William James
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. – William James
Wisdom is learning what to overlook. – William James
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. – William James
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. – William James
Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. – William James
Belief creates the actual fact. – William James
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. – William James
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. – William James
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – William James
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. – William James
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. – William James
