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Best Mind Quotes by William James
- Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
- In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
- To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.
- Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always…
- If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
- So you see that the process of education, taken in a large way, may be described as nothing but the process of acquiring ideas or…
- It would probably astound each of us beyond measure to be let into his neighbors mind and to find how different the scenery was there…
- Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I…
- The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects…
- The greatest discovery of my generation is that human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of his mind.
- The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life by changing his attitude of mind
More Mind Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle