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- “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ” ― William James.
- “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” ― William James.
- “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James.
- “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” ― William James.
- On Thinking
- On Success, Failure, and Acceptance
- On Human Nature
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." "Compared with what we ought to be, we are half awake." 1. From "The Energies of Men" (1907) "The art of being wise is th...
"Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune." "Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their beh...
"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice." "How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure." 1. From The Varieties of Religious Experience(1902) "If merely 'feeling good' could decide, dru...
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- The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. William James.
- The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. William James.
- Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James.
- The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James.
- Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality. William James. Reality, Perception.
- The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
- Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves. William James. Talking, People, Unhappiness.
- The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James. Happiness, Fear, Stress.
William James: The Principles of Psychology Humans and Human Nature Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species.
94 quotes from William James: 'Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain.', 'I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.', and 'It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else will affect its successful ...
433 Sourced Quotes. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. William James. Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought. William James. Materialism means simply the denial that the moral order is eternal ...
