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Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for

Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power. – Phillips Brooks

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Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing – where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows he was meant and made to do. – Phillips Brooks

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Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as Gods children. – Phillips Brooks

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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self Reliance,” Essays, 1841

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Since when was genius found respectable? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. – E.B. White

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Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. – Ken Kesey

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