#genius

I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thinks I'm a genius. ↗

— Bill Watterson

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A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#self-examination #genius

There's a thin line between genius and bottom-barrel stupidness. I hover delicately on a tightrope between the two, wondering where I'll land if I'll ever fall. ↗

— Suzanne Crowley

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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success ↗

— Ian Fleming

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All geniuses die young. ↗

— Groucho Marx

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A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

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Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know. ↗

— Criss Jami

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Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

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Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks. ↗

— Camilla Belle

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