"It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas."

-- Charles Peguy

#Essence Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Innovation Quotes

“To succeed, you must be able to concentrate, and to know what to concentrate on.”
“A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.”

Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.
“I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.”
“I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.”
“Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.”
“There are a lot of chapters to the banjo's history. Part of it are the roots in Africa, where it's a more primitive instrument. Then it comes to the United States where it morphs into the slave music that they created here, which was very African in origin.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Beautee eneuch to mak a world to dote.”

Source : James I of Scotland, “The King's Quire (Excerpt)”
“When one does something, one must go back to the ancients.”

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