Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
WILLIAM JAMESThe discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
More William James Quotes
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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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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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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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