Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Quote by William James

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Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be...

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be...

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

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.

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith...

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith...

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...

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas

Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

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...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

We want to be all things, not just to gain power over things...how infantile!

We want to be all things, not just to gain power over things...how infantile!

Whatever you want you can get, when you understand the secret of will. But wisdom...

Whatever you want you can get, when you understand the secret of will. But wisdom...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...