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

William James

As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
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Alive Cost Wall
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical

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