We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

Quote by William James

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The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker...

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...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

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

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

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

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.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

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...

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...

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.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the...

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the...

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...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?

You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a...

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...