I have often thought that the best way to define a mans character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says 'This is the real me'
More Quotes from William James:
To change your life Start immediately Do it flamboyantly No exceptions.William James
Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.
William James
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
William James
We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.
William James
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William James
How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled for him in the days when he was young and well
William James
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Characters QuotesThere's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.
Murray Walker
Well, the first day we went through three songs, very basically.
Noel Redding
We need to stop saying we can't rock this boat when it needs to be rocked.
Sibel Edmonds