William James

Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.

William James

Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.

William James

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

William James

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

William James

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

William James

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

William James

Individuality is founded in feeling.

William James

Intelligence is a fixed goal with variable means of achieving it.

William James

Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.

William James

Lay plans as if we were to be immortal.

William James