William James

The question of being is the darkest in all philosophy.

William James

The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

William James

The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.

William James

The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful, he must obey his impulse.

William James

The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.

William James

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.

William James

The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.

William James

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

William James

There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other.

William James

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness.

William James