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

Quote by William James

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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...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

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...

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not...

Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not...

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

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.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

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...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight,...

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight,...

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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...

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...

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

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.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost...

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost...