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William James

One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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Broken Concepts Reality
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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Basketball Dream Perseverance
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
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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Mind Philosophy Quiet
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter

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