Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legs (especially if the frogs are decapitated) and that, on the other hand, any doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings (with heads on their shoulders) must be benighted and superstitious.
William JamesLanguage is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
William JamesEvery sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
William James