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

Quote by William James

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

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

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...

Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas

Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas

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...

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

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

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.

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...

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

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...

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 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...

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so...

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so...

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man...

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man...

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...

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 greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself...

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself...

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

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