Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

NOTHING IS STRONGER THAN THE RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. (found in an ad at Goodreads, but similar to the following quote by Bern Williams) : Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.

Ideas are like wandering sons.They show up when you least expect them.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.