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Genius… means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

William James

To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Mean Men Solitude
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Appreciation Creativity Desire
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom

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