Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is hidden. We tolerate no one who has no capacity whatever for it in any direction.…

Quote by William James

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Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if...

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

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...

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

Act the part and you will become the part.

Act the part and you will become the part.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is...

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is...

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

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

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...

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be...

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the...

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...