If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.

If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of read more

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.rn

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in read more

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

If you steal ideas from one source, that's plagiarism, but if you steal ideas from more than one source, that's read more

If you steal ideas from one source, that's plagiarism, but if you steal ideas from more than one source, that's research.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is read more

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?