It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
WILLIAM JAMESIf you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
More William James Quotes
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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New habits can be launched.
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Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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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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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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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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The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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