William James

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set read more

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.