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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Piyush Shukla

Quote of the Day on Philosophy of Mind by William James: "Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can..." Learn a profound lesson on why attitude shapes relationships, resolves conflict, and transforms lives from the father of American psychology

Quote of the Day by William James: The year was 1898. A man named William James stood before a packed auditorium at Harvard, not just as a professor, but as someone who had fought his own demons — depression, chronic illness, and a near-suicidal crisis in his twenties — and come out the other side with a radical conviction. He believed that the human mind was not a passive receiver of life. It was, instead, the sculptor of it. And nowhere did that truth cut deeper than in how we handle conflict with the people we love.

His words still echo today: "Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."

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