Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
WILLIAM JAMESMan can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
More William James Quotes
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Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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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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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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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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