The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James
Our faith is faith in someone elses faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. – William James
The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. – 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