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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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,...

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.

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

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

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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

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

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

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.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

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

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

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

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...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

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...

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

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...

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a...

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...