To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
WILLIAM JAMESKeep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
More William James Quotes
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Truth happens to an idea
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Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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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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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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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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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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