William James

In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.

William James

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

William James

In truths dependent on our personal action, then, faith based on desire is certainly a lawful and possibly an indispensable thing.

William James

Individuality outruns all classification, yet we insist on classifying every one we meet under some general head.

William James

Ingenuity in meeting and pursuing the pupil, that tact for the concrete situation, though they are the alpha and omega of the teacher’s art, are things to which psychology cannot help us in the least.

William James

Instinct leads, logic does but follow.

William James

Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked.

William James

It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.

William James

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

William James

It is only the fundamental conceptions of psychology which are of real value to a teacher.

William James