William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician.
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. Use this quote
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. Use this quote
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. Use this quote
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. Use this quote
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. Use this quote
'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. Use this quote
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. Use this quote
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. Use this quote
Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. Use this quote
Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! Use this quote
