Life Quote by William James

“There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other.”

William James

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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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