Religion must be considered vindicated in a certain way from the attacks of her critics.

Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.

True is the name for whatever idea starts the verification process, useful is the name for its completed function in experience

Even if matter could do every outward thing that God does, the idea of it would not work as satisfactorily, because the chief callfor a God on modern men's part is for a being who will inwardly recognize them and judge them sympathetically. Matter disappoints this craving of our ego, so God remains for most men the truer hypothesis, and indeed remains so for definite pragmatic reasons.

The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.

The teacher's prime concern should be to ingrain into the pupil that assortment of habits that shall be most useful to him throughout life. Education is for behavior, and habits are the stuff of which behavior consists.