“Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.”

—  William James , book The Varieties of Religious Experience

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience

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American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842–1910

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