Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Quote by William James

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Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

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...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

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.

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.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

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...

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or...

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he...

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

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.

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.

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....

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks he is...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...