Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
WILLIAM JAMESThe great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
More William James Quotes
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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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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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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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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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