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
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James
The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. – William James
We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James