William James “It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.” William James View all quotes by William James →
“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” William James
“In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.” William James
“Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.” William James
