William James
William James
William Jameswas an American philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician. The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States, James was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is believed by many to be one of the most influential philosophers the United States has ever produced, while others have labelled him the "Father of American psychology". Along with Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey, he is considered to be...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth11 January 1842
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
A difference which makes no difference is no difference at all.
My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.
Effort is a measure of a Man.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
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.
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
It is your friends who make your world.