“Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
Source: The Lost Symbol
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The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) British philosopher and political economist
As quoted in Egoists: A Book of Supermen (1909) by James Huneker, p. 367
“Fear speaks degenerate minds.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) Scottish academic
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.”
Degeneres animos timor arguit.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 13
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
Richard Rohr (1943) American spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest
Source: Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self