black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James

Time itself comes in drops.
WILLIAM JAMES

Come Drop Philosophical Itself
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
WILLIAM JAMES

Broken Funny Habit
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
WILLIAM JAMES

Art Force Process
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
WILLIAM JAMES

Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
WILLIAM JAMES

Mountain Religious Twilight
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
WILLIAM JAMES

Differences Important Personality
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
WILLIAM JAMES

Enough Poor Reason
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
WILLIAM JAMES

Common Dance Humor Sense
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspire Mean Truth
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
WILLIAM JAMES

Deny Neglect Wise
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
WILLIAM JAMES

Best Effort Forget Hard Work
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
WILLIAM JAMES

Men Responsibility Stronger
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
WILLIAM JAMES

Imperfect Language Mean
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
WILLIAM JAMES

Believe Men Needs
Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
WILLIAM JAMES

Character Circumstances Enough Repeated
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
WILLIAM JAMES

Facts Philosophy Way

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More William James Quotes