Quotes by William James

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

#Age, #Funny

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight,...

#Religion

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

#Opportunity

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

#Opportunity

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

#Opportunity

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

#Age

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

#Action, #Happiness

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures...

#Success

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

#Success

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

#Humanity, #Truth

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

#Truth

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

#Equality, #Self-esteem