William James

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

The stream of consciousness is a continuous flow.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

Our passional nature not only lawfully may, but must, decide an option between propositions, whenever it is genuinely impossible for our intellect to find any more reason for choosing one over the other.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

Mystical states can be more easily understood than explained.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

The trail of the human serpent is over everything.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience

Our faith in the future rests on our faith in the present.

From The Varieties of Religious Experience