William James

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

“The unrest which keeps the never-stopping clock metaphysics going is the thought that the non-existence of this world is just as possible as its existence.”

“'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.”

“A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.”

“The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”

“Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.”