There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. William James Read 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. William James Read Quote
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 Read Quote
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one’s sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one’s character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. William James Read Quote
There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise. William James Read Quote
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. William James Read 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. William James Read Quote
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. William James Read Quote
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 soften again. William James Read Quote
