What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

Was ein anderer so gut gemacht hätte wie du, tu es nicht. Was ein anderer so gut gesagt hätte wie du, sag es nicht; was ein anderer auch geschrieben hätte, schreib es nicht. Sei treu dem, was nirgendwo anders existiert als in dir selbst - und mache dich somit unentbehrlich.