The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
WILLIAM JAMESThe ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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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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But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one
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Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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