The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

Quote by William James

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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

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.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive,...

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive,...

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...

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 discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

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

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

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.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

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

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

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or...

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or...

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...

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.

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...

If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play....

If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play....

There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no...

There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...