If people fully understand you, they call you normal; if they only half understand, they call you a genius. Another quote says a genius lives the most conscious life, while ordinary people are less aware. It also notes that genius isn’t born—it’s built through effort and experience.
![“By... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/952/thomas-jefferson-43_class_by-selecting-the-youths-of-genius-from-a_932967.jpg)
