If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

Quote by William James

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There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the...

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the...

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures...

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

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

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

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

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...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

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...

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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

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

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 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...

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

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 great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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.

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

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

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

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