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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

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.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, read more

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

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.