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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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...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

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.

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just...

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just...

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

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...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its...

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its...

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system...

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system...

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.

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.

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...

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

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...

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them,...

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them,...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

One time I asked you, why do you love him so much? you told me,...

One time I asked you, why do you love him so much? you told me,...