"Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible."

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Source : "The Vindication of Edwin Land". Forbes Magazine, Volume 139 (p. 83), May 4, 1987.

Edwin Land

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“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.”
“There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit and invention.”
“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”
“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.”
“Believe the impossible is possible”
“The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.”
“The glory of medicine is that it is constantly moving forward, that there is always more to learn. The ills of today do not cloud the horizon of tomorrow, but act as a spur to greater effort.”

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