The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives

Quote by William James

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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 essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

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...

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself...

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything...

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...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

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...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly...

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...

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits,...

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits,...

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...