Between what a man calls me and what he simply calls mine the line is difficult to draw. We feel and act about certain things that are ours very much as we feel and act about ourselves.
William JamesThe greatest empiricists among us are only empiricists on reflection: when left to their instincts, they dogmatize like infallible popes.
William JamesObjective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
William JamesIt is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
William James