The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as a sculptor works on his block of stone. In a sense the statue stoodthere from eternity. But there were a thousand different ones beside it, and the sculptor alone is to thank for having extricated this one from the rest.
William JamesIf merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
William JamesThe discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
William James