The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.

Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest swell, but he simply cannot buy the right things.

Time itself comes in drops.

It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.

We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our conduct.

The strenuous life tastes better