Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
WILLIAM JAMESSo to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
More William James Quotes
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We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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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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With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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