Inherent Capacity Quotes

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body.

Talent cannot be learned, it can only be developed.

Slumbering in every human being lies an infinity of possibilities, which one must not arouse in vain. For it is terrible when the whole man resonates with echoes and echoes, none becoming a real voice.

There is a Restlessness springing from the consciousness of power not fully utilized, which must be present wherever there is unused power of whatever kind. This is the restlessness of the germ within the seed, struggling upward and downward towards its proper life.it is a striving full of pain, the cutting of tender flesh by the fetters of the captive as he struggles against their pitilessness.

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.

To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then there's no point in pretending.

I acknowledge freely the great power of education and social influences in developing the active powers of the mind, just as I acknowledge the effect of use in developing the muscles of the blacksmith’s arm, and no further. Let the blacksmith labour as he will, he will find that there are certain feats beyond his power that are well within the strength of a man of herculean make, even although the latter may have led a sedentary life..

The power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The power is there - unlimited power.

Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.

One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries the seeds of its creation within itself.

Genius is becoming something you were all along.

We're all born with infinite potential and creativity. We all have it in us. Each and every one of us. That's the only truth

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift.

It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Everything is given by God. All talent, creativity, ability, insight, and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.

Let me put it more precisely: The ability to give birth is a natural characteristic. In the same way, everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.

She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.

We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often is lost or buried or inhibited as the person gets enculturated.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

Ability and necessity dwell near each other.

You are not merely the physical body that you identify with out of habit. Your essential state is a field of infinite possibilities.