James Schulz

Society is good at training talent but terrible at cultivating genius. Talented people are good at hitting targets others can’t hit, but geniuses find targets others can’t see. They are opposite modes of excellence. Talent is predictable, genius is unpredictable. 

Mental illness often looks like agitation—constantly militating against every circumstance.

Sometimes the fight isn’t about what was said. It’s about what was heard.

“What did you hear me say?” can defuse a storm before it starts.

Smart people are a dime a dozen and often don’t amount to much. What counts is being creative and imaginative.

We’ll never be friends if we spend all of our energy trying not to bother each other.