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
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – 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
Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. – William James
This is the pain pacemaker. Ive got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. Its tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know? – Jerry Lewis
The majority of writers ought to translate themselves; there are but few thoughts that are born translated, that is, clothed with the power best fitted alike to express and transmit them. What we have in the first instance written for ourselves, should be written a second time for others. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), Literature. First Section: Literature in Gene