To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
William JamesIf you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white.
William JamesThere must always be a discrepncy between concepts and reality, because the former are static and discontinuous while the latter is dynamic and flowing
William JamesIt does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off being religious at all. By being religious we establish ourselves in possession of ultimate reality at the only points at which reality is given us to guard. Our responsible concern is with our private destiny, after all.
William James