"The strenuous life tastes better..." - Quote by William James
The strenuous life tastes better
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“Neither moral relations nor the moral law can swing in vacuo. Their only habitat can be a mind which feels them; and no world composed of merely physical facts can possibly be a world to which ethical propositions apply.”
“We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.”
“Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly.”
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“The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It's then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives.All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.”
“Life is work, and everything you do is so much more experience. Sometimes you work for wages, sometimes not, but what does anybody make but a living? And whatever you have you must either use or lose.”
“First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do. Life is a grindstone. Whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what YOU are made of.”