To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

Quote by William James

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Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

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...

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...

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...

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

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.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its...

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its...

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

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...

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

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...

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

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

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.