Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy in how you perform.
Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs?
Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only.
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.