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

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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...

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,...

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

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...

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight,...

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight,...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

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...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

Tears express how we feel, but smiles are with different intentions

Tears express how we feel, but smiles are with different intentions

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...