More Quotes by William James
If you can change your mind, you can change your life
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult.
There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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.
The mind is made up by what it feeds upon.
All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.
