William James “What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!” 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
