Average minds Quote by sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Satisfy people's desire for the ridiculous and they will accept your idea of the sublime.”

— Maurice Willson Disher

Anything which elevates the mind is sublime. Greatness of matter, space, power, virtue or beauty, are all sublime.

— John Ruskin

“Great minds with great ideas usually share in the midst of their persecution”

— Jeremy Aldana

Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that…

— Andre Gide

“Those who truly want greatness must surround themselves with people even greater than they are.”

— Dan Pearce

“It has been said that the great things in life are exactly what they seem to be. Such simplicity can be difficult to understand.…

— Susan Cartwright

“And as mere human knowledge can split a ray of light and analyse the manner of its composition, so, sublimer intelligences may read in…

— Charles Dickens

“It is the undeveloped mind that desires power over others. The developed mind seeks only to dominate itself!”

— Alan J. Buick

“There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts…

— J.I. Packer

“Never limit your mind; it is capable of great intelligence; or your heart; it is capable of extraordinary kindness; or your soul; it is…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind has a powerful way of attracting things that are in harmony with it, good and bad.”

— Idowu Koyenikan

“For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. The greatest minds, as they…

— René Descartes