There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

Quote by William James

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The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as...

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...

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...

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.

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...

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the...

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the...

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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

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

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is...

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is...

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...

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

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...

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

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.