There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.
William JamesMost people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.
William JamesWe never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
William JamesWe with our lives are like islands in the sea... The islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.
William James