Logo
Quote by William James
Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a un

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! – William James

Other quotes by William James

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. – William James

Category:
good
Author
William James
Read Quote

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not. – William James

Category:
Truth
Author
William James
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Faith
category

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me. – Rafael Nadal

Category:
Faith

Im not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains. – Daniel Libeskind

Category:
Faith

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality. – Kenneth Scott Latourette

Category:
Faith

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. – Jonathan Edwards

Category:
Faith

Random Quotes

Art is nothing but the expression of our dream the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them. – Franz Marc

Category:
Art

One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasnt attacked us, its because he cant or because weve defeated him. – Michael Scheuer

Category:
Intelligence

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasnt very good no matter how much money you had. – Terry Riley

Category:
Technology

Most people wouldnt know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. – Frank Zappa

Category:
Music