Truth is what works.
More Quotes from William James:
Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention . . . But it is their genius making them attentive, not their attention making geniuses of them.William James
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
William James
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
William James
Evil is a disease and worry over disease is itself an additional form of disease, which only adds to the original complaint.
William James
Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its verity is in fact an event, a process the process namely of its verifying itself, its veri-fication. Its validity is the process of its valid-ation.
William James
The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
William James
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