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.
WILLIAM JAMESWe 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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No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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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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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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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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