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Act the part and you will become the part.

William James

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
W. James
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Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing.
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several ideas with action or inaction respectively.
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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
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... the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.
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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances may suggest.
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There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker if sad, it must not scream or curse.
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Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences
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Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad.
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How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young-or slender.
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It is your friends who make your world.
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Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events. Its verity is in fact an event, a process: the process namely of its verifying itself, its veri-fication. Its validity is the process of its valid-ation.
William James