'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

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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...

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

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 essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

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.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever...

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever...

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

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

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

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

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...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

Old age though despised, is coveted by all.

Old age though despised, is coveted by all.

Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for...

Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for...