Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.