935 Quotes by William James

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    It is evident that our organism has stored-up reserves of energy that are ordinarily not called upon, but that may be called upon: deeper and deeper strata of combustible or explosible material, discontinuously arranged, but ready for use by anyone who probes so deep, and repairing themselves by rest as well as do the superficial strata.

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    The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature.

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    Do not be afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will create the fact.

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    Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving atdifferent speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

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    Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

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    When you have to make a choice and you don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

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    Neither threats nor pleadings can move a man unless they touch some one of his potential or actual selves.

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    The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety' diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites and says yes.

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