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William James Quotes: Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases, and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them.
         

Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases, and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them.


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



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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.



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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.



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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.



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If you can change your mind, you can change your life.



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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.



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You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.



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