The sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheer…

William James
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The sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there. If such conduct does not make you soon feel cheerful, nothing else on that occasion can. ✨ Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals.
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