Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. – 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
Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! – 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