If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. Chinese Proverb
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent every ill-judged outlay. Johann Von Goethe
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. Johann Von Goethe
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. Samuel Johnson