We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate

Quote by William James

Topics: Friends Quotes, Tolerance Quotes

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

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...

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

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

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.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

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...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

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.

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the...

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

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...

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...