It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out theyve got a second. – William James
Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James