William James

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh. ↗

— William James

#happy #laugh

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. ↗

— William James

#bring #happiness #may #without

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. ↗

— William James

#every man #feels #force #full #himself

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. ↗

— William James

#effort #means #metaphysics #nothing #obstinate

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver. ↗

— William James

#life #liver #living #worth #worth living

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. ↗

— William James

#act #already #had #quality #want

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. ↗

— William James

#anything #believe #everyone #everywhere #evidence

The 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

#endured #fashioned #habitually #hell #hereafter

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. ↗

— William James

#dire need #draws #everyday #find #hour

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. ↗

— William James

#best #best way #normal #study #understanding