Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

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 deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

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...

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends...

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends...

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any...

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any...

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive,...

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive,...

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...

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

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

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

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.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just...

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just...

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.