Quotes about William James

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

#William James

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

#William James

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

#William James

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

#William James

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

#William James

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

#William James

Man lives for science as well as bread.

#William James

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

#William James

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

#William James

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

#William James

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

#William James

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

#William James