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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.-- William James
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.-- William James
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.-- William Blake
I must invent my own philosophical systems, or else be enslaved by other men's.-- William Blake
"Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled."-- William Blake
"I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy."-- Bern Williams
"Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives."-- William Dement
Be one of those upon whom nothing is lost.-- Henry James
As the cheetah said to the chameleon:
You can hide, but you can't run!-- Alan Williams
"He that will not reason is a bigot, He that cannot reason is a fool, He that dares not reason is a slave."-- William Drummond
"Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie."-- William Shakespeare
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.-- James Dean
"An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't usually know why they chose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why."-- William Faulkner
"In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or exist in extreme boredom...Make no mistake; all intellectuals are deviants in the U.S."-- William Burroughs
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.-- James Thurber
So where are all the lust-crazed engineering groupies that my college recruiter talked about ?-- James Knowles
"Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one."-- James Madison
Do just once what others say you can't do,
and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.-- James R. Cook
A age is called dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.-- James Michener ("Space")
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.-- Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love)
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.-- James Branch Cabell