Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
WILLIAM JAMESThere can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
More William James Quotes
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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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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History is a bath of blood.
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The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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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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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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