Quote of the Day (William James, on the Range of Emotions)

“There is no limit to the number of possible different emotions which may exist, and why the emotions of different individuals may vary indefinitely, both as to their constitution and as to objects which call them forth.”— American philosopher William James (1842-1910), The Principles of Psychology (1890)

Quote of the Day (William James, on What ‘Makes You Feel Most Deeply and Vitally Alive’)

“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.”—American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910), The Principles of Psychology (1890)

Quote of the Day (William James, on the World-View of a 'Broody Hen')

“To the broody hen the notion would seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of eggs was not the utterly fascinating and precious and never-to-be-too-much-sat-upon object which it is to her.” – American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910), The Principles of Psychology