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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.

William James

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
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Effort Exercise Life Love
Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.
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Law Science Together
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No

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