A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will bring the worm at the core of all our usual springs of delight into full view, and turn us into melancholy metaphysicians.

It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association

I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.

There is a voice inside which speaks and says, "This is the real me!"

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.