The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William JamesGreat emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
William JamesOur normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.
William JamesScience can tell us what exists; but to compare the worths, both of what exists and of what does not exist, we must consult not science, but what Pascal calls our heart.
William James