7,440 Quotes About Ideas

The world is changed one question at a time.

While the ferocity of the battle often rises to such heights that we ignore things as small as this, we would be wise to remember that the innately raw power to overcome the obstacles that blunt our hearts and block our paths lay cupped in the tender hands of a few simple words.

I think that perhaps if I had had to slow down the ideas so that I could capture them on paper I might have stifled some of them.

Ces idées qui survolent l'espace, et qui, tout à coup, se heurtent aux parois du crâne...

Pay careful attention to those ideas that keep coming back to your mind. Ideas left lifeless are ghosts that don't just haunt you, they bite.

Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas.

«L'ultima volta che ho provato il cibo dei padroni, ho avuto mal di stomaco per tre giorni. I nuovi sapori sono come le nuove idee, giovanotto: più invecchi, più sono difficili da digerire.»

A fish-trap is for catching fish; once you've caught the fish, you can forget about the trap. A rabbit-snare is for catching rabbits; once you've caught the rabbit, you can forget about the snare. Words are for catching ideas; once you've caught the idea, you can forget about the words. Where can I find a person who knows how to forget about words so that I can have a few words with them?

A brilliant idea is like a baby in a mothers womb.You need to bring it out in the world, nurture it, feed it, grow it, till it becomes big enough to take care of itself.If you leave it at the stage of an idea itself, it is as good as non existent.