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 Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.  
 Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief. 
 In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are.  
 In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are. 
What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.
What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.
 Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all
creative endeavors.  
 Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all
creative endeavors. 
 A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity read more 
 A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of
a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his
surroundings. 
I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.
I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.
 The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early
in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards read more 
 The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early
in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually
directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation
strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and
resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. 
Work your way up or rust your way out.
Work your way up or rust your way out.
 We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an read more 
 We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher
and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a
force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident
and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to
be taken over by our unquestioning self.