William James

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh. ↗

— William James

#happy #laugh

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

#any #consequences #first #first step #happened

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. ↗

— William James

#enough #far #find #first #got

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. ↗

— William James

#belief #concerning #doubt #means #possible

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. ↗

— William James

#itself #make #you

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. ↗

— William James

#challenges #credit #fact #in fact #just

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ↗

— William James

#fatiguing #hanging #nothing #task

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. ↗

— William James

#change #immediately #ones #start

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. ↗

— William James

#becomes #fails #fulfill #organism #potentialities

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. ↗

— William James

#art #being #knowing #overlook #wise