Bipolar Quote by William James

“Thus, when a superior intellect and a psychopathic temperament coalesce...in the same individual, we have the best possible conditions for the kind of effective…

— William James

Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds

— Samuel Butler

Genius, apart from natural sensitiveness, is prone equally to unreasoning joy and to bitterest morbidness.

— Mary MacLane

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which human affairs turn most persistently.

— Samuel Butler

Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in…

— Samuel Smiles

Intellect is a fire; rash and pitiless it melts this wonderful bone-house which is called man. Genius even, as it is the greatestgood, is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“genius is much more than high intelligence, innate talent, extraordinary work ethic, or uncanny luck, but rather a composite manifestation; a synthesis of very…

— Sean Patrick

Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly…

— Guy de Maupassant

Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution; delicacy of taste, to calmness and sedateness. Hence it is common to find genius in…

— Henry Home, Lord Kames