Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. — William James
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature — William James
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck. — William James
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. — William James
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true self. — William James
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. — William James
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. — William James
There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. — William James
Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur — William James
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else’s type of thinking. — William James
To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one’s being added to that being. — William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has been set like plaster. — William James
These, then, are my last words to you: be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living — William James