If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

My language is the sum total of myself.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

...when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...

Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . . . Happiness springs immediately from the mind.

The only way to win is to work, work, work, work, and hope to have a few insights

Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment.

The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life.

Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.