#Genius

"Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship."

"If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."

"Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away."

"If there were a master of stupidity in this world, I would really love to listen to his success story."

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."

"There’s no reason to not be humble, because as great as you may be, you can always be greater."

"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."

"Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects. Be patient. Just as there are ugly ducklings that turn into beautiful swans, there are rebellious kids and slow learners that turn into serious innovators and hardcore intellectuals."

"If football players wanted to protect their brains from injury they’d wear astronaut helmets. After all, astronauts have massive IQ’s, so wearing their protective headgear seems like a smart choice."

"People of humor are always in some degree people of genius."

"It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing."

"Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love."

"[Homeschooling]...recipe for genius: More of family and less of school, more of parents and less of peers, more creative freedom and less formal lessons."

"Love is a bronze statue sinking in quicksand. But if I hand you a lasso, will you try to save the statue—or use the lasso to hang yourself? If you need me, I’ll be here to kick the chair out from under your feet."

"Rules and models destroy genius and art."

"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."

"The real education is when you awaken and nourish and guide the inner spirit, this inner genius. The community grows from the giving of the gifts of the people in it, which is really giving from the genius."

"The path of genius is free, and its own"

"In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still."

"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."