“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.”

—William James.

“Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.”
— William James.

“… human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.”

— William James. 

“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.”

—William James.

“​In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.” 

—William James. 

“The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own peculiar ways of being happy,  provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours.” 

—William James.