I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
WILLIAM JAMESMan can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
More William James Quotes
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On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Individuality is founded in feeling
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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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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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