The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Quotes

“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”
― William James, The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

“Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.”
― William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

“To know is one thing, and to know for certain that we know is another. One”
― William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

“Faith is when you believe something that you know ain't true.”
― William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy

“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he tried and failed.”
― William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy