black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James

A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
WILLIAM JAMES

Men Philosophy Social
History is a bath of blood.
WILLIAM JAMES

Bath Blood History
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
WILLIAM JAMES

Combat Stress Weapons
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
WILLIAM JAMES

Book Cat Conservations Dog
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.
WILLIAM JAMES

Discovery Men Mind
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
WILLIAM JAMES

Believe Ideas Truth
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
WILLIAM JAMES

Opposites Statement Truth
New habits can be launched.
WILLIAM JAMES

Habit New Launched
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
WILLIAM JAMES

Broken Concepts Reality
The education of attention would be an education par excellence
WILLIAM JAMES

Attention Education Excellence
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMES

Attention Belief Facts
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
WILLIAM JAMES

Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
WILLIAM JAMES

Appreciated Human Nature Principles
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
WILLIAM JAMES

God Principles Theism
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
WILLIAM JAMES

Men Parts Small Use
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
WILLIAM JAMES

Good Hell Intention Intentions

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More William James Quotes