“We [Christians] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I think the thing we're waiting for is a genius to come forth who can either make a new symbol system which is still modern, or more properly, as symbol systems don't come overnight, a group of people to modify the symbol systems of our day, so that we can use them for our Christian message without a disadvantage.” PeopleThinkingGivingMadeStillsUseChristianCultureWaitingChristianityGroupsModernGeniusMessagesSymbolsWorldviewDilemmaDisadvantages Author:Francis Schaeffer
“People who observe no limits in attempting to get work done aren't nearly as smart as they think. Hard work can be done by any fool. But to be highly productive, and still have plenty of time to rest and play, this is where true genius resides.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalStillsHardDonePlayHard WorkFoolGeniusLimitsSmartPlentyProductiveAttemptingWork DoneTrue Genius Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell.” IfsWorldHas BeensStillsIdeasAgeOrderDifferencesCompanyModernGeniusNeededRiversInventionFallenGrayBellsSolitaryTelephonesModern AgeGraham Bell Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.” FirstsStillsInspirationAgeHeardMiddleGeniusEarsMiddle Ages Author:Orson Welles
“In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.” FirstsStillsOrderRiskShareFoolGeniusSittingWheelsGlancesBrillianceSitting Still Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“If nature has been frugal in her gifts and endowments, there is the more need of art to supply her defects. If she has been generous and liberal, know that she still expects industry and application on our part, and revenges herself in proportion to our negligent ingratitude. The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for the pleasure and use of man, produces, to its slothful owner, the most abundant crop of poisons.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsHas BeensArtStillsUsePleasureProduceIndustryGeniusRevengeGenerousPoisonSoilProportionOwnersWeedApplicationDefectsCropsVinesFertileOlivesIngratitudeEndowmentFrugalFertile Soil Book:Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics Source: Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics