“The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.”
Eric Hoffer , The Passionate State of Mind
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“One evening, contrary to my custom, I drank black coffee and could not sleep. Ideas rose in crowds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.”
– Jules Henri Poincaré, as quoted in The Courage to Create by Rollo May
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I am a willing victim of great ideas.
I submit: roll over; show my belly.
Why resist the inevitable?
Conversations With Quotations 