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Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.

William James

Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
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Creativity Mean Science
Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Character Circumstances Enough Repeated
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.
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Mountain Religious Twilight
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion

Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.

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