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

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

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

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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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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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Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude
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