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

Quote by William James

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Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends...

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends...

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

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

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step...

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step...

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

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.

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

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

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

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

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

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

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

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

You don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to...

You don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to...

Life doesn't always go according to plan..... so plan accordingly.

Life doesn't always go according to plan..... so plan accordingly.