Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets us, come out in the end in better shape than the glib and ready reproducer, its passions being deeper, its purposes more worthy, its combining power less commonplace, and its total mental output consequently more important.
William JamesEvery man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
William JamesSince you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
William JamesThere is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
William James