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 Topics:Time 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
