Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is hidden. We tolerate no one who has no capacity whatever for it in any direction.…

Quote by William James

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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.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

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...

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

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

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

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

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...

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 best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life...

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.

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this...

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep