"Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

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"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Genius, Freedom, Values, Creativity

"Genius is childhood recalled at will."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Genius, First, Prudence

"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Genius, Wisdom, Innocence, Truth, Creativity

"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Genius, Madness, Statesman

"One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Genius, Wisdom, Knowledge, Truth, Power

"Genius must be born, and never can be taught."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"A proverb is much matter distilled into few words."

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"Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it."

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"Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern."

Art

"I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented."

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"Don't fight forces, use them."

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"Love is metaphysical gravity."

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"Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery."

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"To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill."

"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."

"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."

"Genius is childhood recalled at will."

"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."

"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."

"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."

"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."

"One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius."

"Genius must be born, and never can be taught."

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"A proverb is much matter distilled into few words."

"Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it."

"Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern."

"Truth is a tendency."

"The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual."

"Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons."

"I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented."

"Don't fight forces, use them."

"Love is metaphysical gravity."

"Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery."