Clouds Quote by Washington Irving

Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its…

— Washington Irving

In the land of genius, the sun always shines; in the land of clever, there are many clouds!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

By the time the clever reaches the clouds, the genius is already on the stars

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

— Franz Grillparzer

When a strong wind blows, the clouds vanish and blue sky appears. Similarly, when the powerful wisdom that understand the nature of the mind…

— Thubten Yeshe

“It always amazes me when taking off from a stormy airport, how once you reach a certain altitude and get through the clouds, the…

— Debra Moffitt

Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning's flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself.

— Henry David Thoreau

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark clouds”

— Harriet Jacobs

Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom.

— Stanislaw Lem

“Genius is the ability to leave entirely out of sight our own interest, our willing, and our aims, and consequently to discard entirely our…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There are some cloudy days for the mind as well as for the world; and the man who has the most genius is twenty…

— Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle