No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.

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""I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.""

- Herman Melville

Courage

"I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

- Herman Melville

Adversity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight!"

- Herman Melville

Aspirations

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"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."

- Albert Einstein

Insight

"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."

- Touko Aozaki

Insight

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."

- Albert Einstein

Insight

"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"

- Steven Wright

Insight

"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."

- Jack

Insight