Quotes by William James

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.