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Quote by William James
[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when t
[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. – Luther Burbank

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You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think. – Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997

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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. – G.C. Lichtenberg

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I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree. – James Douglas

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