To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life

Quote by William James

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'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes...

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes...

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they...

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they...

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our...

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,...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

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...

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...

Act the part and you will become the part.

Act the part and you will become the part.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but...

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

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

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

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 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...

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...

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.