I originally studied medicine in order to be a physiologist, but I drifted into psychology and philosophy from a sort of fatality. I never had any philosophic instruction, the first lecture on psychology I ever heard being the first I ever gave.
William JamesAny object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already exists.
William JamesOn pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
William James