Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

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 principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of read more

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality

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.