The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
WILLIAM JAMESMan can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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New habits can be launched.
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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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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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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We 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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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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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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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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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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