As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.

Quote by William James

Topics: Humanity Quotes, Truth Quotes

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step...

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits,...

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits,...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the...

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the...

First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to...

First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to...

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...