Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . . . This sadness lies at the heart of every merely positivist, agnostic, or naturalistic scheme…

Quote by William James

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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good...

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

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...

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!''

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

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

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

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...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if...

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if...

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

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

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

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.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.

Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...