There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
William JamesWe must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into ways that are likely to be disadvantageous.
William JamesWhy may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?
William JamesSo with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, and when his softer fellow-mortals are winnowed like chaff in the blast.
William James