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

Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas

Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

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...

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.

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

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

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

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

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,...

'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...

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

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

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

Time itself comes in drops.

Time itself comes in drops.

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...

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...

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...

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

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...

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost...

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost...