Genius/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words genius and/or philosophy:

“My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)

“Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.”
—Socrates (469–399 B.C.)