Science herself consults her heart when she lays it down that the infinite ascertainment of fact and correction of false belief are the supreme goods for man.
William JamesWe forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
William JamesThe true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.
William JamesIf you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it. Only you must, then, really wish these things, and wish them exclusively, and not wish at the same time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly.
William James