When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
William JamesTrue ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
William JamesIf you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
William JamesThe hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.
William James