Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.... William James, (1842-1910)
There are people for whom evil means only a mal-adjustment with things, a wrong correspondence of one's life with the environment. Such evil as this is curable, at least in principle, upon the natural plane… . But there are others for whom evil is no mere relation of the subject to particular outer things, but something more radical and general, a wrongness or vice in his essential nature, which no alteration of the environment, or any superficial rearrangement of the inner self, can cure, and which requires a supernatural remedy. --William James, _The Varieties of Religious Experience_
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. --- William James
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. - William James
Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. William James
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.-- William James
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. William James
Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is. ~ William James
The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals. -William James
No comments:
Post a Comment