Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it
William JamesThe ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
William JamesTo be fertile in hypotheses is the first perquisite of creativity and to be willing to throw them away the moment experience contradicts them is the next.
William JamesSelection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing.
William James