The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. – William James
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. – William James

The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. – William James
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. – William James
There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker if sad, it must not scream or curse. – William James
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – William James
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. – Lafcadio Hearn