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«Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.»
«We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
fully, grasp, import, imported, imports, notion, of import, opposite, statement, The Statement, true statement, untrue
«We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.»
«Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.»
«Belief creates the actual fact.»
«Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.»
«The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.»
«Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Optimism,
Pessimism
| Keywords:
optimism, pessimism, weakness
«The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
outlast, outlasted, outlasting, outlasts, spend, The Great
«Wisdom is learning what to overlook.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
learning, overlook, overlooking, overlooks
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