It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
WILLIAM JAMESModern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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