The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

Quote by William James

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Man lives for science as well as bread.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

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.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the...

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the...

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...

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

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

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it,...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a...

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a...