Our acts of voluntary attending, as brief and fitful as they are, are nevertheless momentous and critical, determining us, as they do, to higher or lower destinies.
William JamesThe one who thinks over his experiences most, and weaves them into systematic relations with each other, will be the one with the best memory.
William JamesThe subjectivist in morals, when his moral feelings are at war with the facts about him, is always free to seek harmony by toningdown the sensitiveness of the feelings.
William James