One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which is a further and the highest degree of obedience.
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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.