If this life is not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight.
William JamesOur faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
William JamesIt is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.
William James