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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
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.
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.
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.