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William James Quotes about Religion

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All religions begin with the cry Help.

All religions begin with the cry Help.

William James
Religion, Helping, Cry

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

William James
Religion, Chapters, Egotism
William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.440, Library of America

Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upon life.

William James
Religious, Men, Religion
William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). “James and Dewey on Belief and Experience”, p.115, University of Illinois Press

If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances may suggest.

William James
Vanity, Religion, Would Be
William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.41, Library of America

Religions have approved themselves; they have ministered to sundry vital needs which they found reigning. When they violated other needs too strongly, or when other faiths came which served the same needs better, the first religions were supplanted.

William James
Religion, Needs, Firsts
William James (1985). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.266, Harvard University Press

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