Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot read more

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the
opposite direction.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.

It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.

Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.