William James

We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep. ↗

— William James

#friendship #sea #friendship

All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits. ↗

— William James

#life

To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions. ↗

— William James

#life #change

If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white. ↗

— William James

#life #life

The means have murdered the end. ↗

— William James

#life

Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it. ↗

— William James

#intellect #spirituality #intelligence

Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked. ↗

— William James

#invention #life

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them. ↗

— William James

#motivational #dreams

In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient. ↗

— William James

#proof #religion #science #spirituality #theory

Psychology is the science of mental life ↗

— William James

#life-and-living #psychology #inspirational