“Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.”

“Where once there was an understanding that a reality independent of the human observer exists; students are now taught that truth is a social construction, a function of the power and position—or lack thereof—of persons or groups in society.”

“We should have with each person the relationship of one conception of the universe to another conception of the universe, and not to a part of the universe.”

“The qualities called personal… and the ability to impart them, in greater or less degree, is the gage of genius in art.”

“Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.”

“And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.”

“A vital leap in the evolution of intellectual capacity would have been the ability to form concepts, to conceive of individual objects as belonging to distinct classes, and thus do away with the almost intolerable burden of relating one experience to another. Concepts, moreover, can be manipulated and this is the root of abstract thought and of invention. The formation of concepts is also a necessary, but apparently not sufficient, condition for the emergence of language.”

“Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.”

“There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are supposed to be, and that can't possible be true. Human experience is far too varied.”

“If one would understand the Greek genius fully, it would be a good plan to begin with their geometry.”