Quote by William James
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practicall

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James

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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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Attitude
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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. – William James

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Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound

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We are anthill men upon an anthill world. – Ray Bradbury

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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him. – Mae West

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We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery. – John Paul Jones

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You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest. – Benjamin Disraeli

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