"The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million."

-- Johann Kaspar Lavater

#Genius Quotes #Proportion Quotes #Vulgar Quotes

“Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity.”

Source : Deena Metzger (2009). “Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou”, p.7, Harper Collins
“The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.”

Source : Charles Alexander Eastman, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2007). “The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World”, p.23, World Wisdom, Inc
“I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.”
“It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.”
“Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about?”
“I wish I had more hands, so I could give those ***** four thumbs down!”

Source : "Chappelle's Show". m.imdb.com. 2003–2006.
“I am more spontaneous than my character.”

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