If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

Quote by William James

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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

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...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

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

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

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to...

First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to...

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Act the part and you will become the part.

Act the part and you will become the part.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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...

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.