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
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. – William James
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws. – Nicolas Chamfort