William James Quotes About Religion

Quotes about: Religion

• Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

  William James

  Religion, Chapters, Egotism

  William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.440, Library of America

• I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena are IMPOSSIBLE.

  William James

  Believe, Science, Deception

  William James (1986). “Essays in Psychical Research”, p.22, Harvard University Press

• If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances may suggest.

  William James

  Vanity, Religion, Would Be

  William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.41, Library of America

• Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upon life.

  William James

  Religious, Men, Religion

  William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). “James and Dewey on Belief and Experience”, p.115, University of Illinois Press

• Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.

  William James

  Life, Religious, Courage

  William James (2016). “William James: Essays and Lectures”, p.252, Routledge

• Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.

  William James

  Mean, Men, Solitude

  William James (2013). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.31, Courier Corporation

• All religions begin with the cry Help.

  William James

  Religion, Helping, Cry

• It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

  William James

  Believe, Philosophical, Government

  William James (2015). “Essays in Popular Philosophy: Top Essays”, p.9, 谷月社

• Religions have approved themselves; they have ministered to sundry vital needs which they found reigning. When they violated other needs too strongly, or when other faiths came which served the same needs better, the first religions were supplanted.

  William James

  Religion, Needs, Firsts

  William James (1985). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.266, Harvard University Press

• The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals.

  William James

  Religious, Wings, Bravery

  William James (2015). “The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature”, p.93, Xist Publishing

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