The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

Quote by William James

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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's...

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have...

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...