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
William James quotes about
The strenuous life tastes better
The study a posteriori of the distribution of consciousness shows it to be exactly such as we might expect in an organ added for the sake of steering a nervous system grown too complex to regulate itself.
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind...that encounters it.
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
To kill time is not murder, it's suicide.