{"author":"William James","author_id":"William+James","total_quotes":160,"quotes":[{"text":"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.","author":"William James","tags":["positive","optimism","weakness "],"id":8229,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"Most men's friendships are too inarticulate.","author":"William James","tags":["friendship"],"id":9203,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"Work usually follows will.","author":"William James","tags":["creativity","will","work"],"id":9261,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"The question of being is the darkest in all philosophy.","author":"William James","tags":["existence","existential","existentialism","philosophy"],"id":17563,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.","author":"William James","tags":["life","start","immediately "],"id":19944,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases  and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them.","author":"William James","tags":["instincts"],"id":25414,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"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.","author":"William James","tags":["daring","growth","soul"],"id":30095,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.","author":"William James","tags":["human nature","human","deepest "],"id":35068,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: 'There is very little difference between one man and another  but what there is is very important.'.","author":"William James","tags":["homo","sapiens"],"id":36324,"author_id":"William+James"},{"text":"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.","author":"William James","tags":["acceptance"],"id":37622,"author_id":"William+James"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":160,"pages":16,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}