Mind & attention01
“My experience is what I agree to attend to.”
WORDS TO LIVE WITH
A mind worth
spending time with.
The thoughts of William James.
On being human, paying attention, and living fully.
A THOUGHT TO SIT WITH01 / 07
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
— William James
THE COLLECTION
Find a thought that finds you.
Wisdom & perspective02
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
Life & meaning03
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
Habit & action04
“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”
Belief & truth05
“The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.”
Life & meaning06
“The deepest thing in our nature is this dumb region of the heart in which we dwell alone with our willingnesses and unwillingnesses, our faiths and fears.”
A small collection. An open invitation to think a little deeper.
A life devoted to the life of the mind.
A founding voice of American psychology and a pioneer of pragmatism,
William James believed that ideas matter most in the lives we actually live.