William James Quote

It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.


Selected Papers on Philosophy (ed. 1918)


It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.

It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.

It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.

It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods.