The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. – William James
Our faith is faith in someone elses faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. – William James
The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. – William James
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James
There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. They said “Let us pray,” and we dutifully shut our eyes. When we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible. – Desmond M. Tutu, “Religious Human Rights and the Bible”