Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMESThe attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
More William James Quotes
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Truth happens to an idea
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No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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The strenuous life tastes better
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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New habits can be launched.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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