The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
WILLIAM JAMESIt is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
More William James Quotes
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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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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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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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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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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New habits can be launched.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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