Basically, the first half of life is writing the text, and the second half is writing the commentary on that text. -- Richard Rohr

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Geniuses are like ocean liners: they should never meet.

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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance ― E.E. Cummings

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If you don't fall, how are you going to know what getting up is like? -- Stephen Curry

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Someday is not a day of the week. — Janet Dailey

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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ― William Faulkner

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If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter. -- Mark Twain

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The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration - Thomas Edison

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