Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
WILLIAM JAMESThe deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
More William James Quotes
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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