Quotes by James, William

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality >>

Men's activities are occupied into ways -- in grappling with external >>

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoreticall >>

Quotations about Poverty and The Poor

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. >>

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. >>

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many >>

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.

James, William