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The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.

William James

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
WILLIAM JAMES

Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.
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Flux Names Reflection
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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Alcohol Feel Feelings Good
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
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Men Mind Way
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
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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Block Data Mind
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
WILLIAM JAMES

Mind Philosophy Quiet

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