The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
William JamesThe discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
William JamesIf theological ideas prove to have a value for concrete life, they will be true, for pragmatism, in the sense of being good for so much. How much more they are true, will depend entirely on their relations to the other truths that also have to be acknowledged.
William James