Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its verity is in fact an event, a process: the process namely of its verifying itself, its veri-fication. Its validity is the process of its valid-ation.
William JamesMental fire is what won't burn real sticks; mental water is what won't necessarily (though of course it may) put out even a mentalfire.
William JamesTo improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
William JamesHuman beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies … and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to "keep" by force of mere inertia.
William James