Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

GENIUS

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. ……..Simone de Beauvoir

This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable
even when no one else recognizes that it is present. …….Deepak Chopra

A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and hits it. ……Author Unknown

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can. ……. Robert Bulwer-Lytton

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age……Napoleon Bonaparte,

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.
To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius. ……..Henri Frederic Amiel

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ……..Malcolm Cowley

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,
which mean never losing your enthusiasm. .….Aldous Huxley

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. …… Thomas A. Edison

Genius is eternal patience. ……..Michelangelo

One of the strongest characteristics of Genius,
is the power of lighting its own fire ………John W. Foster

No great genius has ever existed
Without some touch of madness …….Aristotle

We owe science to the combined energies of individual men of Genius,
Rather than to any tendency to progress, inherent in civilization. …..Chauncey Wright

Genius may have its limitations,
but Stupidity is not thus handicapped. …….Elbert Hubbard

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered;
Either by themselves, or by others. ……..Mark Twain

Intellectuals solve problems, Geniuses prevent them. ……Albert Einstein

Genius is knowing to stay silent, as other demonstrate their ignorance. ….Eric Lau

Genius is a form of sustained patience. ……Donald Murray

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. ……C. W. Ceran

Genius without education is like silver in the mine. …….Benjamin Franklin.

God gives talent;
Work transforms talent into Genius. ……Anna Pavlova

Genius is not so much about new ideas;
as it is about clarity of ideas. …..Kevin Solway

Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience. ……George-Louis de Buffon

I've never met a genius.A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates.Anybody can do well at something he loves,
-- it's just a question of finding the subject. …..Clint Eastwood

Genius is talent provided with ideals. W. Somerset Maugham

Genius is devine perseverance.
Genius I cannot claim, but perseverance, all can have. ……Woodrow T. Wilson

Genius, like a thunderstorm, comes up against the wind …….Soren Kierkgaard

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. ……William Hazlitt

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