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.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

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

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.

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

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

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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

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

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.