"Great ideas originate in the muscles...." - Quote by Thomas Edison

“I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.”

“One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”

“The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.”

“Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.”

“If I knew where creativity came from, I'd probably be a lot less stressed about coming up with new stories.”

“Progress is often just a good idea away.”

“What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.”

“To avoid lying, do nothing that needs covering.”

“We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into ways that are likely to be disadvantageous.”