We Cannot Begin With Complete Doubt.

The Difference Between A Pessimistic And An Optimistic Mind Is Of Such Controlling Importance In Regard To Every Intellectual Function, And Especially For The Conduct Of Life, That It Is Out Of The Question To Admit That Both Are Normal, And The Great Majority Of Mankind Are Naturally Optimistic.

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 Opinion Which Is Fated To Be Ultimately Agreed To By All Who Investigate, Is What We Mean By The Truth, And The Object Represented In This Opinion Is The Real. That Is The Way I Would Explain Reality.

Three Elements Go To Make Up An Idea. The First Is Its Intrinsic Quality As A Feeling. The Second Is The Energy With Which It Affects Other Ideas, An Energy Which Is Infinite In The Here-and-nowness Of Immediate Sensation, Finite And Relative In The Recency Of The Past. The Third Element Is The Tendency Of An Idea To Bring Along Other Ideas With It.