We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
WILLIAM JAMESYou can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
More William James Quotes
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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