"Man can alter his life by altering..." - Quote by William James
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
More by William James
“There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.”
“It is true that so far as wealth gives time for ideal ends and exercise to ideal energies, wealth is better than poverty and ought to be chosen. But wealth does this in only a portion of the actual cases. Elsewhere the desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption. There must be thousands of conjunctures in which a wealth-bound man must be a slave, whilst a man for whom poverty has no terrors becomes a freeman.”
“We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.”
More on Change
“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.”
“People who talk incessantly about "change" are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people.”
“The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.”
More on Mindset
“Say I Want to Feel Good when youre Tempted to Indulge in Low-Energy Thoughts”
“Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.”
“The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true”