Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Quote by William James

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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not...

Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not...

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

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

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...

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.

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

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

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good...

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good...

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.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

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 greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a...

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a...

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....

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.

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...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

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...