My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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Authenticity: Happiness Quotation from William James.

Willliam james“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.”
– William James

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