So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community, and until an equivalent discipline is organized, I believe that war must have its way.
William JamesIn the last analysis, then, we believe that we all know and think about and talk about the same world because we believe our PERCEPTS are possessed by us in common
William JamesA new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
William JamesThe total mental efficiency of a man is the resultant of the working together of all his faculties. He is too complex a being for any one of them to have the casting vote. If any one of them do have the casting vote, it is more likely to be the strength of his desire and passion, the strength of the interest he takes in what is proposed. Concentration, memory, reasoning power, inventiveness, excellence of the senses, all are subsidiary to this.
William James