Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
From William James
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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 behalf.
Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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