Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Quote by William James

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Sense Of Humor Quotes

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

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

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...

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

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...

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends...

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes...

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

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...

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

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...

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.