I think he meant that to be successful is to try without which implies that every time you wake up you do not think or wish about being successful it just happens without any second thought.
The Committees of Correspondence were formed to increase communication between the different colonies. They were shadow governments formed by Patriots and extremely influential leading up to the American Revolution, as they boycotted English products and made plans for collective action. The committees would communicate and consolidate small way to be independent of England.
Orthodox Christianity believes most of what catholics believe but reject the papacy.
The papacy is why you see the catholic sect of Christianity have a pope. Orthodox believe that it is just the bishops, no pope included.
Great Depression is the answer