William James Human nature Quotes

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

- William James

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker if sad, it must not scream or curse.

- William James

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

- William James

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

- William James

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

- William James

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice

- William James

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

- William James

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

- William James

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self

- William James

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

- William James

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

- William James

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

- Martha Washington

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

- Marcus Aurelius

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

- Epictetus

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.

- Anonymous

The worst part of having a mental illness is that people expect you to behave as if you don't.

- The Joker (Arthur Fleck)

The new trend of capturing pics instead of enjoying the experience is not new. Human mind has been doing that for ages. Your mind tries to capture the experience by naming, defining, judging, comparing and categorizing everything. As a result, your soul misses the live dance of colours, sounds, shapes and sensations happening before you.

- Shunya

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

- Thomas Edison

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

- Thomas Edison

What you are will show in what you do

- Thomas Edison

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe