Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked. - William James
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. - William James
Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or they may only have dreamed or imagined they did so. - William James
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation. - William James
Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. - William James
The attempt at introspective analysis... is in fact like seizing a spinning top to catch its motion, or trying to turn up the gas quickly enough to see the darkness. - William James
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude. - William James
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James
The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact. Our civilization is founded on the shambles, and every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony. - William James
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old. - William James
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