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

Quote by William James

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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....

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

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.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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

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

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.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

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...

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...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

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 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...

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

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

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

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

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...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers