To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
William JamesCommon sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William JamesI have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.
William JamesThe greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
William James