Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
WILLIAM JAMESThe difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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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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Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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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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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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