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

Quote by William James

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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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

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

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...

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...

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

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

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

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

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.

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.

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...

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

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...

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,...

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

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...

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 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...