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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. ↗

— William James

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My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability. ↗

— Thomas Jane

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. ↗

— William James

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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. ↗

— William James

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I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. ↗

— William James

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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. ↗

— William James

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Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ↗

— William James

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The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one. ↗

— William James

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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. ↗

— William James

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Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! ↗

— William James

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