“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.”
― The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
― The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
― Self Reliance
― Self Reliance
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
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“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
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