"Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration."

-- Thomas A. Edison

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“The only club in the bag specifically designed to get the ball in the cup is the putter. Why not learn it first?”
“Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.”
“Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you're truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.”
“Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects.”
“Every mathematical discipline goes through three periods of development: the naive, the formal, and the critical.”
“People who earn the label "creative" are really just people who come up with more combinations of ideas, find interesting ones faster, and are willing to try them out. The problem is that most schools and organizations train us out of those habits.”
“If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.”

Source : FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 16, 2011
“The 'kingdom of heaven is within,' indeed, but we must also create one without, because we are intended to act upon our circumstances.”

Source : Florence Nightingale, Michael D. Calabria, Janet A. Macrae (1994). “Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale: Selections and Commentaries”, p.18, University of Pennsylvania Press

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