If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.

Quote by William James

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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...

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

Time itself comes in drops.

Time itself comes in drops.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious....

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe life...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe life...

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.

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...

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

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...

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

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

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

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.

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

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...

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...

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...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.