There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

Quote by William James

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The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to...

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...