All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think read more

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.