Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
WILLIAM JAMESTrue ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
More William James Quotes
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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