To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
WILLIAM JAMESDemocracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
More William James Quotes
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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Truth happens to an idea
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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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So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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