To 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 JamesFar from being antecedent principles that animate the process, law, language, truth are but abstract names for its results.
William JamesOne of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
William JamesThe function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
William James