Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
In a very complex world, you can no longer expect everyone to be great at everything.
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.
Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great.
All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.
It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.
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