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William James
The aim of...
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
The art of...
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Source: The...
There is no...
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...
Geniuses are commonly...
Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention . . . But it is their genius...
The most immutable...
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man's thoughts and another's.
Hardly ever can...
Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred...
Believe that life...
Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
The greatest use...
The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
Do every day...
Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need...
As there is...
As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to...
Knowledge about life...
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through...
In the practical...
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.
To improve the...
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of...
A chain is...
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
No more fiendish...
No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned...
Organization and method...
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a...
Men habitually use...
Men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they possess and which they might use under appropriate...
Philosophy is at...
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.
It is well...
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never...
Success plus Self-esteem...
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
Source: The Principles of Psychology,...
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