If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually or suddenly, it passes away and we are fresher than before!
William JamesReal servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.
William JamesEvery way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose.
William JamesSo to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end...and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
William JamesEmotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt, fear, remorse, or anger can seize upon one are known to everybody. . . . And emotions that come in this explosive way seldom leave things as they found them.
William James