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5b5fa05	I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.	edison failure inspirational paraphrased	Thomas A. Edison
cc499f6	The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.	common-sense enterprise hard-work inspirational perseverance persistence success thomas-edison	Thomas A. Edison
466eb09	If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.	inspirational possibility	Thomas A. Edison
260fb5a	Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence. That goal must be attained by means of exact science and can only be achieved by such means. The fact that man, for ages, has superstitiously believed in what he calls a God does not prove at all that his theory has been right. There have been many gods - all makeshifts, born of inability to fathom the deep fun..	destruction falsehood gods immortality inspirational makeshift miracles naturalism reason satisfaction science soul study superstitious theology theory truth wonder	Thomas A. Edison
edff6c9	suffered then, as now he suffers not so much because of what he wrote as from the misinterpretations of others... He disbelieved the ancient myths and miracles taught by established creeds. But the attacks on those creeds - or on persons devoted to them - have served to darken his memory, casting a shadow across the closing years of his life. When termed a 'dirty little atheist' he surely spoke from lack of understanding. It was a stric..	atheist draught-burner greatness hollow-candle inventor iron-bridge memory misrepresentation paine prejudice roosevelt teddy-roosevelt theodore-roosevelt thomas-paine	Thomas A. Edison
b91630c	I have always been interested in this . My father had a set of 's books on the shelf at home. I must have opened the covers about the time I was 13. And I can still remember the flash of enlightenment which shone from his pages. It was a revelation, indeed, to encounter his views on political and religious matters, so different from the views of many people around us. Of course I did not understand him very well, but his sincerity and ard..	french-revolution imprisonment influence jean-jacques-rousseau liberty montesquieu paine robespierre rousseau thomas-paine unthinking	Thomas A. Edison

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

edison failure inspirational paraphrased

Thomas A. Edison

cc499f6

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

common-sense enterprise hard-work inspirational perseverance persistence success thomas-edison

Thomas A. Edison

466eb09

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

inspirational possibility

Thomas A. Edison

260fb5a

Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence. That goal must be attained by means of exact science and can only be achieved by such means. The fact that man, for ages, has superstitiously believed in what he calls a God does not prove at all that his theory has been right. There have been many gods - all makeshifts, born of inability to fathom the deep fun..

destruction falsehood gods immortality inspirational makeshift miracles naturalism reason satisfaction science soul study superstitious theology theory truth wonder

Thomas A. Edison

edff6c9

suffered then, as now he suffers not so much because of what he wrote as from the misinterpretations of others... He disbelieved the ancient myths and miracles taught by established creeds. But the attacks on those creeds - or on persons devoted to them - have served to darken his memory, casting a shadow across the closing years of his life. When termed a 'dirty little atheist' he surely spoke from lack of understanding. It was a stric..

atheist draught-burner greatness hollow-candle inventor iron-bridge memory misrepresentation paine prejudice roosevelt teddy-roosevelt theodore-roosevelt thomas-paine

Thomas A. Edison

b91630c

I have always been interested in this . My father had a set of 's books on the shelf at home. I must have opened the covers about the time I was 13. And I can still remember the flash of enlightenment which shone from his pages. It was a revelation, indeed, to encounter his views on political and religious matters, so different from the views of many people around us. Of course I did not understand him very well, but his sincerity and ard..

french-revolution imprisonment influence jean-jacques-rousseau liberty montesquieu paine robespierre rousseau thomas-paine unthinking

Thomas A. Edison