More Quotes by William James
The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.
There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking.
Truth is what will be steadily borne out by subsequent experience
The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.