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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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the...

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the...

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they...

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they...

Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not...

Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not...

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

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

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,...

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

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.

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....

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.

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to...

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to...

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

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...

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...

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.

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...