
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 43
You and Your Research (1986)
Context: Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead; they doubt it enough to notice the errors and faults so they can step forward and create the new replacement theory. If you believe too much you'll never notice the flaws; if you doubt too much you won't get started. It requires a lovely balance.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 43
“You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”
Source: Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success
The Next in Line (1947)
Source: The October Country (1955)
Context: “Don’t these people ever get lonely?”
“They’re used to it this way.”
“Don’t they get afraid, then?”
”They have a religion for that.”
“I wish I had a religion.”
“The minute you get a religion you stop thinking,” he said. “Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.”
Lexie Darnell, Chapter 16, p. 196
2000s, At First Sight (2005)