[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.

We ought, all of us, to realize each other in this intense, pathetic, and important way. If you say that this is absurd, and that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as a matter of fact, certain persons do exist with an enormous capacity for friendship and for taking delight in other people's lives; and that such persons know more of truth than if their hearts were not so big.

a man does not cry because he is sad, he is sad because he cries

I am tired of the position of the dried-up critic and doubter. The believer is the true full man. (from a biography of James by Robert D. Richardson)

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The work that leads to a doctor's degree is a constant temptation to sacrifice one's growth as a man to one's growth as a specialist.

... no bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.