Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Genius Quotes

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced...

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced...

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Order is power.

Order is power.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?...

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never...

All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

We only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.