William James Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”

“When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.”

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”

“One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.”

“This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.”

“The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.”

“We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.”

“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.”